Nóvita
Municipality and town in Chocó Department, Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nóvita is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
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Nóvita | |
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Municipality and town | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Chocó Department |
Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,867[1] |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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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]