Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department,

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. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with , after López de Micay, which holds an also disputed record with . The official record is held by Mawsynram,

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. The rainfall data was measured in its Agricultural Farm, managed by the University of Bogotá, between 1952 and 1989. If accurate, that would make it the wettest place in the world. The town is named for Gioró, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief. An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz portrays two men in straw hats with a female vendor at a liquor stand in Lloró.

Climate

Lloró has a very wet

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( Af). The town of Lloró itself has only 8000 mm of rain but the farm located to the east of the city has 12,892.4 mm.

Corregimientos

*El Cajón *Carmen de Surama *Irabubú *La Playita *San Lorenzo *Sesego *El Tigre *Urabará

References

Municipalities of Chocó Department Weather extremes of Earth {{Chocó-geo-stub

Climate

Corregimientos

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