Quibdo is the capital of Chocó Department on the Pacific coast of Colombia, sitting on the Atrato River. Founded in 1648 after the Embera people ceded much of their territory to the Spanish Franciscan order, the city grew through 19th century gold and platinum discoveries in the Atrato Valley. The 2018 census recorded 129,237 residents in the municipality, a population that is predominantly Afro-Colombian, and Quibdo is noted for having the highest rainfall of any city its size in South America, with about 8,157 millimeters of rain a year and roughly 84 percent of days recording rainfall.
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1. Quibdo (Wikipedia)
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Quibdó (Spanish pronunciation: [kiβˈðo]) is the capital city of Chocó Department, in the Pacific Region of Colombia.
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43
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Quibdó
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1648
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -76.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -76.75
5.75 -76.75 Af
4. GeoNames: Quibdó - GeoNames
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5.69188 -76.65835 P PPLA CO 11 27001 129237 32 America/Bogota
Quibdo (Wikipedia)
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