Nuquí

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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 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.{{cite web|title=VISITA EL PACIFICO COLOMBIANO Y CONOCE NUQUÍ UN MUNICIPIO CON MUCHO QUE OFRECERTE|url=http://www.ecohotelkipara.com/2014/12/visita-el-pacifico-colombiano-y-conoce.html|quote=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.|accessdate=24 September 2014}}

Nuquí is the original hometown of members of the acclaimed Latin hip hop 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.

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.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Utría – colparques.net}}|language=es

|title=Utría|publisher=colparques.net |url=http://www.colparques.net/UTRIA|accessdate=2017-06-21}}

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 tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy rainfall year-round.

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|location = Nuquí

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|Jan high C = 30.9

|Feb high C = 30.9

|Mar high C = 31.2

|Apr high C = 31.1

|May high C = 30.8

|Jun high C = 30.6

|Jul high C = 30.7

|Aug high C = 30.5

|Sep high C = 30.2

|Oct high C = 29.9

|Nov high C = 30.1

|Dec high C = 30.3

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|Jan mean C = 26.4

|Feb mean C = 26.2

|Mar mean C = 26.5

|Apr mean C = 26.6

|May mean C = 26.4

|Jun mean C = 26.2

|Jul mean C = 26.3

|Aug mean C = 26.2

|Sep mean C = 26.1

|Oct mean C = 25.8

|Nov mean C = 25.9

|Dec mean C = 26.0

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|Jan low C = 21.9

|Feb low C = 21.6

|Mar low C = 21.9

|Apr low C = 22.1

|May low C = 22.1

|Jun low C = 21.9

|Jul low C = 21.9

|Aug low C = 21.9

|Sep low C = 22.0

|Oct low C = 21.8

|Nov low C = 21.7

|Dec low C = 21.8

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|Jan rain mm = 411

|Feb rain mm = 284

|Mar rain mm = 348

|Apr rain mm = 464

|May rain mm = 568

|Jun rain mm = 576

|Jul rain mm = 546

|Aug rain mm = 633

|Sep rain mm = 526

|Oct rain mm = 601

|Nov rain mm = 585

|Dec rain mm = 484

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|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/223406/

|title = Climate: Nuquí

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|accessdate = September 8, 2020}}

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