Country Colombia Local time Tuesday 8:25 AM | Department Chocó Department | |
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Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) Weather 25°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Nóvita is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
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It was the first capital of Chocó Province. It was a traditional center for gold mining, Many of its residents are Afro-Colombians.
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.
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Nóvita Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA