Nóvita is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
Nóvita | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Nóvita in the Chocó Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,867[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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
editNóvita has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with over 9000 mm of rain annually.
| Climate data for Nóvita town | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 685.7 (27.00) |
665.7 (26.21) |
689.2 (27.13) |
788.7 (31.05) |
808.6 (31.83) |
659.9 (25.98) |
614.5 (24.19) |
816.0 (32.13) |
824.0 (32.44) |
937.5 (36.91) |
930.2 (36.62) |
760.1 (29.93) |
9,180.1 (361.42) |
| Average rainy days | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 227 |
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Nóvita (Municipality, Chocó, Colombia)". citypopulation.de.
- ^ Paz, Manuel María. "Exterior View of the Houses in Nóvita, Province of Chocó". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ Paz, Manuel María. "View from a Street in Nóvita, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ "Porters on the Mountain of Nóvita, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ^ "Road to Nóvita via Tamaná Mountain, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
4°57′N 76°37′W / 4.950°N 76.617°W
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