Nuquí is a municipality and town in the

Chocó Department Chocó Department () is a department of the Pacific region of Colombia known for hosting the largest Afro-Colombian population in the nation, and a large population of Amerindian and mixed African-Amerindian Colombians. It is in the west of the ...

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. 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 8096 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. Nuquí is the original hometown of members of the acclaimed Latin

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and urbano group, ChocQuib Town; the band released a song titled “Nuquí (Te Quiero Para Mí)”, with the song’s music video being filmed exclusively in and around Nuquí and its picturesque beaches. Nuquí is served by the

Reyes Murillo Airport Reyes Murillo Airport is an airport serving Nuquí, a Pacific coast town in the Chocó Department of Colombia. The Nuqui non-directional beacon (Ident: NQI) is located on the field. Airlines and destinations See also * * *Transport in Colom ...

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 The Utría National Natural Park () is a national park in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It contains diverse flora and fauna in a lush, mountainous rainforest environment with some of the highest rainfall in the world, at up to annually. The par ...

Tourism 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

Climate

Nuquí has a very wet

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(Af) with very heavy rainfall year-round. Nuqui-6

References

External links

Municipalities of Chocó Department Underwater diving sites in Colombia Road-inaccessible communities of Colombia {{Chocó-geo-stub