Nóvita
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Nóvita in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Nóvita in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 • Total7,867[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

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.

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

  1. ↑ "Nóvita (Municipality, Chocó, Colombia)". citypopulation.de.
  2. ↑ Paz, Manuel María. "Exterior View of the Houses in Nóvita, Province of Chocó". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  3. ↑ Paz, Manuel María. "View from a Street in Nóvita, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Porters on the Mountain of Nóvita, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  5. ↑ "Road to Nóvita via Tamaná Mountain, Chocó Province". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-06-26.

4°57′N 76°37′W / 4.950°N 76.617°W / 4.950; -76.617


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