Nóvita Explained

Nóvita
Settlement Type:	Municipality and town
Mapsize:	250px
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Colombia
Subdivision Type1:	Department
Subdivision Name1:	Chocó Department
Population Total:	7867^[1]
Timezone:	Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:	-5
Elevation M:	66

Nóvita is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

It was the first capital of Chocó Province. It was a traditional center for gold mining,^[2] Many of its residents are Afro-Colombians.^[3]

In the 1850s, supplies, and possibly even people, were brought to the town by porters due to "the mountainous terrain, very high rainfall, and many rivers" of the surrounding region.^{[4] [5]}

Climate

Nóvita has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with over 9000 mm of rain annually.

References

4.95°N -113°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nóvita (Municipality, Chocó, Colombia) . citypopulation.de.
2. Web site: Paz. Manuel María. Manuel María Paz Delgado. Exterior View of the Houses in Nóvita, Province of Chocó. World Digital Library. 2014-05-21.
3. Web site: Paz. Manuel María. View from a Street in Nóvita, Chocó Province. World Digital Library. 2014-05-21.
4. Web site: Porters on the Mountain of Nóvita, Chocó Province. World Digital Library. 2014-05-22.
5. Web site: Road to Nóvita via Tamaná Mountain, Chocó Province. World Digital Library. 2014-05-22.