Vigía del Fuerte
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vigía del Fuerte
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| motto = "Ethnia, Pluralidad, Libertad" {{Cite web | url=http://www.vigiadelfuerte-antioquia.gov.co/ |title = Alcaldía Municipal de Vigía del Fuerte en Antioquia}}
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| map_caption = Location of the municipality and town in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Antioquia Department.svg}} Antioquia Department
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| subdivision_name2 = Urabá
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| population_as_of = 2020
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| timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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Vigía del Fuerte is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region.
The town is on the eastern bank of the Atrato River, which locally forms the border between the Antioquia and Chocó Departments of Colombia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@6.5883021,-76.8953718,4747m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}} Vigía del Fuerte neighbours Bellavista, and played a significant role, suffering losses during, and receiving those fleeing the Bojayá massacre in 2002.
Town
Most of the buildings and roads in the town are elevated on poles because of the wet soil and frequent flooding. The town is connected only by river to neighbouring towns, and to Quibdó, the capital of the Chocó Department.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
The town is served by the Vigía del Fuerte Airstrip, receiving a more or less daily charter flight in the form of a small propeller plane, connecting it to Medellin.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
The town hosts two colleges. One generic college serving the town and nearby villages and communities. And the Institución Educativa Embera Atrato Medio, a semi-residential college aimed exclusively at the Embera people living in the region.{{Cite web|url=https://escuelassigloxxi.iadb.org/escuela/colombia/ie-indigenista-embera-atrato-medio|title=I.E. Indigenista Embera Atrato Medio {{!}} Aprendizaje en las escuelas del siglo XXI|website=escuelassigloxxi.iadb.org|access-date=2020-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.klimabuendnis.at/frauenkraft-choco_berichte-choco|title=Transformierende Frauenkraft im Chocó|website=www.klimabuendnis.at|language=de|access-date=2020-04-18}} The latter is run primarily by the Misioneras de la Madre Laura, residing in the town.
Armed conflict
On 25 March 2000, around 300 members of the 57th and 34th fronts of the Northwestern Bloc of the FARC-EP took over the town from AUC control. During the surprise attack they simultaneously attacked the house that the AUC was using as a base and the police station in the centre of the town. The guerrilleros ended up launching a cilindro bomba, a makeshift, heavy explosive, into the police station. The resulting explosion took out the concrete police station and damaged the neighbouring church beyond repair. Afterwards, they went into the police station with drawn machetes, none of the 22 policemen survived. Besides the policemen around 9 civilians were killed, bystanders or expected collaborators of the AUC. Among the dead was the major of the town, whose body they burned.{{Cite book|title=Bojayá : la guerra sin límites|date=2010|publisher=CNRR, Grupo de Memoria Histórica|others=Camacho Guizado, Álvaro., Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación (Colombia). Área de Memoria Histórica.|isbn=978-958-758-024-2|location=Bogotá|oclc=717269451}}
Two men were killed on 1 May 2002 the day preceding the Bojayá Massacre. Three men were confirmed to have been killed on 4 May by members of the FARC upon the accusation of having stolen gasoline for the paramilitaries. All of the 5 aforementioned men are buried in the mausoleum with the victims of the 2 May massacre in Bojayá.{{Cite book|title=Bojayá: La Guerra Sin Límites|collaboration=CNRR - Grupo de Memoria Histórica|publisher=Aguilar|year=2010|isbn=978-958-758-024-2|location=Bogotá, Colombia|pages=67}}
On October 11, 2013, presumed FARC rebels attacked the municipality's airport, destroying an aircraft in the process.{{Cite web | url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/Q/queman_avioneta_en_vigia_del_fuerte/queman_avioneta_en_vigia_del_fuerte.asp | title=Queman avioneta en Vigía del Fuerte| date=11 October 2013}}
File:Vigía del Fuerte - Catholic Church.jpg
The fighting and consequent displacement has continued, even after the 2002 Bojayá massacre, or the 2016 peace deal with the FARC. Displacement has forced inhabitants of the region to flee, many whom have settled in Vigía and the neighbouring Bellavista, Quibdó or have left the Chocó region altogether.
Climate
Vigía del Fuerte has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).
{{Weather box
|location = Vigía del Fuerte
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|metric first = Yes
|Jan high C = 30.6
|Feb high C = 30.7
|Mar high C = 31.1
|Apr high C = 30.9
|May high C = 29.9
|Jun high C = 30.0
|Jul high C = 30.1
|Aug high C = 30.0
|Sep high C = 29.4
|Oct high C = 29.1
|Nov high C = 29.3
|Dec high C = 29.8
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|Jan mean C = 26.4
|Feb mean C = 26.5
|Mar mean C = 27.0
|Apr mean C = 26.8
|May mean C = 26.4
|Jun mean C = 26.4
|Jul mean C = 26.4
|Aug mean C = 26.3
|Sep mean C = 26.1
|Oct mean C = 25.7
|Nov mean C = 25.7
|Dec mean C = 26.2
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = 22.2
|Feb low C = 22.4
|Mar low C = 22.9
|Apr low C = 22.8
|May low C = 22.9
|Jun low C = 22.8
|Jul low C = 22.7
|Aug low C = 22.7
|Sep low C = 22.8
|Oct low C = 22.4
|Nov low C = 22.2
|Dec low C = 22.7
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|Jan rain mm = 327.5
|Feb rain mm = 296.6
|Mar rain mm = 272.3
|Apr rain mm = 454.6
|May rain mm = 540.5
|Jun rain mm = 522.6
|Jul rain mm = 524.2
|Aug rain mm = 610.5
|Sep rain mm = 599.7
|Oct rain mm = 534.6
|Nov rain mm = 575.4
|Dec rain mm = 442.5
|year rain mm =
|Jan rain days = 12
|Feb rain days = 10
|Mar rain days = 10
|Apr rain days = 16
|May rain days = 19
|Jun rain days = 18
|Jul rain days = 19
|Aug rain days = 20
|Sep rain days = 20
|Oct rain days = 20
|Nov rain days = 20
|Dec rain days = 17
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See also
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References
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