Istmina is a municipality and town in the
Chocó Department,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. The town of Istmina was founded in 1834 by Juan Nepomuceno Mosquera, initially with the name of San Pablo. The name was changed in 1903 to Istmina, a contraction of isthmus and minas (mines), two characteristics of the area. The municipality covers , with an average elevation of , and an average temperature of . Istmina is located from the departmental capital, Quibdó.
Climate
Istmina has a very wet
tropical rainforest climate (Af).
References
::''This article is based in part on material from the
Spanish Wikipedia''.
External links
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Istmina official municipality website
Municipalities of Chocó Department
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