Nuquí

Nuquí is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The municipality of Nuquí is located in the department of Chocó in the Western part of Colombia between the mountainous area of Baudó and the Pacific Ocean. Nuquí has a great cultural diversity as well as a big variety of flora and fauna. Nuquí has 8.096 inhabitants, 3095 of which live in the municipal capital. The majority of the population are Afro-Colombians, another part of the population is represented by members of indigenous tribes. Nuquí was founded as a municipality in 1915, before it was a sub-division of the municipality Valle, Chocó.[1]

Nuquí
Municipality and town
Sunset on beach in Nuquí
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Location of the municipality and town of Nuquí in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Nuquí is served by the Reyes Murillo Airport.

Villages of the municipality of Nuquí
  • Arusí (Touristic)
  • Coquí (Touristic)
  • Joví (Touristic)
  • Jurubirá
  • Panguí
  • Termales (Touristic)
  • Tribugá

Economy
  • Fishing
  • Small-scale livestock farming and agriculture (banana, rice, cacao, corn, coconut, yuca and other tubers).
  • Tourism: Ecotourism and community-based tourism. The municipality contains part of the Utría National Natural Park.[2]


Touristic sites
  • Hot springs
  • Beaches of Coqui
  • Mangrove forests of Coquí for tours in canoes
  • River of Joví for river tours
  • Guachalito
  • Surfing zones: Playa Olímpica, Guachalito near Terquito beach

References
  1. "VISITA EL PACIFICO COLOMBIANO Y CONOCE NUQUÍ UN MUNICIPIO CON MUCHO QUE OFRECERTE". Retrieved 24 September 2014. El municipio de Nuquí se localiza en el departamento del Chocó al occidente de Colombia entre la serranía del Baudó y el océano Pacífico. Nuquí posee gran diversidad étnica, cultural y una gran variedad de fauna y flora. la temperatura promedio de Nuquí oscila entre los 28 y 30 grados centígrados. Nuquí cuenta con 8.096 habitantes. 3095 corresponden a la cabecera Municipal, en la zona urbana hay 2679 y 1592 de las comunidades Indígenas. la mayor parte de su población está conformada por Afro colombianos. Nuquí empezó a ser municipio en 1915, antes era un corregimiento del municipio del Valle Chocó.
  2. Utría (in Spanish), colparques.net, retrieved 2017-06-21

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