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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88" title="إدارة تشوكو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إدارة تشوكو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87oko_(departament)" title="Çoko (departament) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çoko (departament)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(s%C3%A9ng)" title="Chocó (séng) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chocó (séng)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Чоко – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чоко" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_del_Choc%C3%B3" title="Departamento del Chocó – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Departamento del Chocó" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_del_Choc%C3%B3" title="Departamento del Chocó – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Departamento del Chocó" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_departemang" title="Chocó departemang – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Chocó departemang" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemento_%C4%88okoo" title="Departemento Ĉokoo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Departemento Ĉokoo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(departamendua)" title="Chocó (departamendua) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chocó (departamendua)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%DA%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88" title="بخش چوکو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش چوکو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(Roinn)" title="Chocó (Roinn) – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Chocó (Roinn)" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B4%88%EC%BD%94%EC%A3%BC" title="초코주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="초코주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%B8_(%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF)" title="Չոկո (դեպարտամենտ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չոկո (դեպարտամենտ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(departman)" title="Chocó (departman) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Chocó (departman)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_ti_Choc%C3%B3" title="Departamento ti Chocó – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Departamento ti Chocó" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemen_Choc%C3%B3" title="Departemen Chocó – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Departemen Chocó" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Чоко (департамент) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Чоко (департамент)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartimento_di_Choc%C3%B3" title="Dipartimento di Chocó – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dipartimento di Chocó" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="צ'וקו (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'וקו (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ჩოკოს დეპარტამენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩოკოს დეპარტამენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Coko_departamentas" title="Čoko departamentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Čoko departamentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_megye" title="Chocó megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Chocó megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentan%27i_Choc%C3%B3" title="Departamentan'i Chocó – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Departamentan'i Chocó" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentadbiran_Choc%C3%B3" title="Pentadbiran Chocó – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pentadbiran Chocó" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B3%E7%9C%8C" title="チョコ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チョコ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(Department)" title="Chocó (Department) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Chocó (Department)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3-departementet" title="Chocó-departementet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Chocó-departementet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88_%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%85%D9%86%D9%B9" title="چوکو ڈیپارٹمنٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چوکو ڈیپارٹمنٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_suyu" title="Chocó suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Chocó suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Чоко (департамент) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чоко (департамент)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_Department" title="Chocó Department – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Chocó Department" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_(departman)" title="Chocó (departman) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Chocó (departman)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc%C3%B3" title="Chocó – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Chocó" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Department of Colombia</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Department in Pacific/Chocó Region, Colombia</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Department of Chocó</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="es">Departamento del Chocó (Spanish)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">Department</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco,_Colombia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coasts of the Pacific Ocean in Chocó"><img alt="Coasts of the Pacific Ocean in Chocó" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg/250px-Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg/375px-Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg/500px-Oc%C3%A9ano_pacifico_en_el_Choco%2C_Colombia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2058" data-file-height="1372" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Coasts of the Pacific Ocean in Chocó</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Department of Chocó"><img alt="Flag of Department of Chocó" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg/100px-Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg/150px-Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg/200px-Flag_of_Choc%C3%B3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo_del_Choc%C3%B3.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Department of Chocó"><img alt="Coat of arms of Department of Chocó" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Escudo_del_Choc%C3%B3.svg/120px-Escudo_del_Choc%C3%B3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Escudo_del_Choc%C3%B3.svg/250px-Escudo_del_Choc%C3%B3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="1004" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choco_in_Colombia_(mainland).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Choco shown in red"><img alt="Choco shown in red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Choco_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg/250px-Choco_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Choco_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg/500px-Choco_in_Colombia_%28mainland%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1420" data-file-height="1896" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Choco shown in red</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choco_Topographic_2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Topography of the department"><img alt="Topography of the department" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Choco_Topographic_2.png/250px-Choco_Topographic_2.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="598" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Choco_Topographic_2.png/375px-Choco_Topographic_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Choco_Topographic_2.png/500px-Choco_Topographic_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1464" data-file-height="3502" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Topography of the department</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Choc%C3%B3_Department&params=5_41_43_N_76_39_40_W_region:CO_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°41′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°39′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.69528°N 76.66111°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">5.69528; -76.66111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Natural_regions_of_Colombia" title="Natural regions of Colombia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacific/Choc%C3%B3_natural_region" title="Pacific/Chocó natural region">Pacific/Chocó Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Colombia">Established</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 November 1947</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quibd%C3%B3" title="Quibdó">Quibdó</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Ariel Palacios Calderón (2020–2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">46,530 km<sup>2</sup> (17,970 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_Departments_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Colombian Departments by area">9th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">534,826</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_Departments_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Colombian Departments by population">23rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">11/km<sup>2</sup> (30/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colombian_peso" title="Colombian peso">COP</a> 6,002 billion<br />(US$ 1.4 billion)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-05" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-05">UTC-05</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CO" title="ISO 3166-2:CO">CO-CHO</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Colombia" title="Municipalities of Colombia">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2019)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.696<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#fc0">medium</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Colombian_departments_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index">30th of 33</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chocó Department</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[tʃoˈko]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">department</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific/Choc%C3%B3_natural_region" title="Pacific/Chocó natural region">Pacific region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> known for hosting the largest <a href="/wiki/African_diaspora" title="African diaspora">Afro-Colombian</a> population in the nation, and a large population of Amerindian and mixed African-Amerindian Colombians. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have <a href="/wiki/Coastline" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastline">coastlines</a> on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It contains all of Colombia's border with <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Quibd%C3%B3" title="Quibdó">Quibdó</a>. </p><p>Chocó has a diverse geography, unique ecosystems and unexploited natural resources; however, its population has one of the lowest standards of living of all departments in Colombia. A major factor cited by the government is the rugged, montane rainforest environment and the hot, hyperhumid climate. These factors have limited any significant infrastructure improvements to the region, and Chocó remains one of the most isolated regions of Colombia, with no major transportation infrastructure built since initial foundations were laid down in 1967 for a highway connecting Chocó with the city of <a href="/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn" title="Medellín">Medellín</a>. </p><p>The area has little access to medical care. In August 2016, Colombian media reported that some 50 children starved in less than three months, creating awareness of the grave condition Chocó’s inhabitants are facing. That same year, an additional 10 adults and senior citizens, of the indigenous community in Chocó, died due to preventable causes such as malaria and diarrhea.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In spite of the department’s ranking of “world's rainiest lowland” (the <a href="/wiki/Choc%C3%B3%E2%80%93Dari%C3%A9n_moist_forests" title="Chocó–Darién moist forests">Chocó–Darién moist forests</a> <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregion</a>), with close to 400 inches (10,000 mm) of annual precipitation,<sup id="cite_ref-parsons_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parsons-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quibdó lacks sanitary drinking water.<sup id="cite_ref-semana_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semana-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darien_Gap_OSM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Darien_Gap_OSM.svg/250px-Darien_Gap_OSM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Darien_Gap_OSM.svg/375px-Darien_Gap_OSM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Darien_Gap_OSM.svg/500px-Darien_Gap_OSM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap" title="Darién Gap">Darién Gap</a> and the break in the Pan-American Highway between Yaviza, Panama and Turbo, Colombia</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_(E._P%C3%A9rez)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg/250px-Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="339" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg/330px-Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg/500px-Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa_%28E._P%C3%A9rez%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="2802" /></a><figcaption>Monument to <a href="/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa" title="Vasco Núñez de Balboa">Vasco Núñez de Balboa</a> in Madrid, founder of Santa María la Antigua del Darién</figcaption></figure> <p>The first city founded by conquistadors in mainland <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">America</a> was <a href="/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Antigua_del_Dari%C3%A9n" title="Santa María la Antigua del Darién">Santa María la Antigua del Darién</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa" title="Vasco Núñez de Balboa">Vasco Núñez de Balboa</a> in 1510 and disestablished in 1524, just 14 years later. The department was created in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-semana_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semana-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its low population, mountainous and inhospitable <a href="/wiki/Topography" title="Topography">topography</a>, and distance from <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1" title="Bogotá">Bogotá</a> resulted in Chocó receiving little attention from the Colombian government. During the reign of military dictator <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Rojas_Pinilla" title="Gustavo Rojas Pinilla">Gustavo Rojas Pinilla</a>, his administration proposed to eliminate Chocó and divide its territory between the departments of <a href="/wiki/Antioquia_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Antioquia department">Antioquia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Valle del Cauca department">Valle del Cauca</a>. But the 1957 <i>coup d'état</i> of General <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Par%C3%ADs_Gordillo" title="Gabriel París Gordillo">Gabriel París Gordillo</a> overthrew Pinilla's government and ended such plans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png/250px-Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png/300px-Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Baud%C3%B3-range-Colombia-USGS.png 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <b>Chocó Department</b> is covered mostly by the <a href="/wiki/Baud%C3%B3_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Baudó Mountains">Baudó Mountains</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Chocó Department makes up most of the ecoregion known as <a href="/wiki/El_Choc%C3%B3" class="mw-redirect" title="El Chocó">El Chocó</a> that extends from <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>. </p><p>The municipality of <a href="/wiki/Llor%C3%B3" title="Lloró">Lloró</a> holds the record for the world’s highest average annual <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a>, measured at 13,300 millimetres (520 in; 43.6 ft) which makes it the wettest place in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three large rivers drain the Chocó Department, the <a href="/wiki/Atrato_River" title="Atrato River">Atrato</a> (which runs north, with tributaries that also flow north), the <a href="/wiki/San_Juan_River_(Colombia)" title="San Juan River (Colombia)">San Juan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Baud%C3%B3_River" title="Baudó River">Baudó</a>. Each has many tributaries. The <a href="/wiki/Baud%C3%B3_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Baudó Mountains">Baudó Mountains</a> on the coast and the inland <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Occidental_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Occidental (Colombia)">Cordillera Occidental</a> are cut by low valleys, with an altitude less than 1,000 meters, that form most of the territory. Most of the Chocó is thick <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a>. Much of the wood for Colombia's internal consumption is harvested from the Chocó, with a small percentage harvested for export. Chocó Department produces the majority of Colombia's significant <a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum">platinum</a> output (28,359 ounces of platinum in 2011). Chocó is also Colombia's top gold-producing region (653,625 ounces in 2011). In the late 19th century, it attracted a variety of miners from many countries seeking to make their fortunes in gold. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biodiversity">Biodiversity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Biodiversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chocó is a Key Biodiversity Area<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Key_Biodiversity_Area" title="Key Biodiversity Area">KBA</a>). According to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Program</a>, it contains the 'greatest plant biodiversity on the planet (and) twenty-five percent of the plant and bird species living in this region are <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a>.'<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Globally, Chocó is among 25 regions classified as priority biodiversity hotspots.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Threats to this rich biodiversity, despite the region's conservation priority status, are many. Approximately 80% of the forest has been converted to other uses, such as slash-and-burn and intensive agriculture, inappropriate and illegal logging, and cattle ranching.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Measuring the extent of biodiversity loss in Chocó thus far was previously difficult due to the remoteness of most of the region. However, with advances in LiDAR imaging and the efforts of various nonprofit conservation organizations, there is much documentation to identify and quantify the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_degradation" title="Environmental degradation">environmental degradation</a> and biodiversity loss. </p><p>For example, a 2019 analysis of more than 80,000 ha of LiDAR samples to quantify the vegetation structure, disturbance, and elevation in Chocó forests, a loss of more than 115 million tons of dry biomass, or 58 million tons of carbon was documented.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>El Pangán ProAves Reserve, in the biogeographic region of Chocó, charged with protecting area's biodiversity, with special consideration of protecting bird species, is greatly challenged and not sufficiently equipped to meet the numerous conservation threats to a great diversity of fauna and flora that include 300 bird species. Forest degradation takes at least 50 years to regenerate, and regeneration efforts are not keeping pace with the rate of further deforestation. Soil erosion, negative effects on species' feeding and reproductive cycles, fragmentation of habitat, and loss of species are all consequences of this large-scale deforestation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1973 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">203,635</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">313,567</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+54.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1993 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">406,199</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">440,123</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2018 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">534,826</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Chocó is inhabited predominantly by Afro-Colombians, descendants of enslaved Africans imported and brought to this area by the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">Spanish colonizers</a> after conquering the Americas. The second largest race/ethnic group are the <a href="/wiki/Embera-Wounaan" title="Embera-Wounaan">Embera</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native American</a> people. More than half of their total population in Colombia lives in Chocó, some 35,500. They practice hunting and <a href="/wiki/Artisan_fishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Artisan fishing">artisan fishing</a> and live near rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-elpais_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elpais-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The total population as of 2005 was less than half a million, with more than half living in the <a href="/wiki/Quibd%C3%B3" title="Quibdó">Quibdó</a> valley. According to a 2005 census<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the ethnic composition of the department is: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">Blacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mulatto" title="Mulatto">Mulattos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zambo" title="Zambo">Zambos</a> (82.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amerindians" class="mw-redirect" title="Amerindians">Amerindians</a> or <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Indigenous</a> (12.7%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Whites">Whites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castizo" title="Castizo">Castizos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mestizos" class="mw-redirect" title="Mestizos">Mestizos</a> (5.2%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_municipalities">Towns and municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Towns and municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Quibd%C3%B3" title="Quibdó">Quibdó</a> is the largest city, with a population of almost 100,000. Other important cities and towns include <a href="/wiki/Istmina" title="Istmina">Istmina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Condoto" title="Condoto">Condoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alto_Baud%C3%B3" title="Alto Baudó">Alto Baudó</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riosucio,_Choc%C3%B3" title="Riosucio, Chocó">Riosucio</a> and <a href="/wiki/El_Carmen_de_Atrato" title="El Carmen de Atrato">El Carmen de Atrato</a> in the interior, <a href="/wiki/Acand%C3%AD" title="Acandí">Acandí</a> on the Caribbean Coast, and <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADa_Solano" title="Bahía Solano">Bahía Solano</a> on the Pacific Coast. </p><p>Resorts and Tourist destinations include <a href="/wiki/Capurgan%C3%A1" title="Capurganá">Capurganá</a> on the Caribbean Coast, and <a href="/wiki/Jurad%C3%B3" title="Juradó">Juradó</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuqu%C3%AD" title="Nuquí">Nuquí</a>, and Solano Bay on the West Coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Acand%C3%AD" title="Acandí">Acandí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alto_Baud%C3%B3" title="Alto Baudó">Alto Baudó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atrato" title="Atrato">Atrato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagad%C3%B3" title="Bagadó">Bagadó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADa_Solano" title="Bahía Solano">Bahía Solano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Baud%C3%B3" title="Bajo Baudó">Bajo Baudó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bel%C3%A9n_de_Bajir%C3%A1" title="Belén de Bajirá">Belén de Bajirá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bojay%C3%A1" title="Bojayá">Bojayá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9rtegui" title="Cértegui">Cértegui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condoto" title="Condoto">Condoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Cant%C3%B3n_de_San_Pablo" title="El Cantón de San Pablo">El Cantón de San Pablo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Carmen_de_Atrato" title="El Carmen de Atrato">El Carmen de Atrato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Carmen_del_Dari%C3%A9n" title="El Carmen del Darién">El Carmen del Darién</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istmina" title="Istmina">Istmina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurad%C3%B3" title="Juradó">Juradó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litoral_del_San_Juan" title="Litoral del San Juan">Litoral del San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llor%C3%B3" title="Lloró">Lloró</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medio_Atrato" title="Medio Atrato">Medio Atrato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medio_Baud%C3%B3" title="Medio Baudó">Medio Baudó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medio_San_Juan" title="Medio San Juan">Medio San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3vita" title="Nóvita">Nóvita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuqu%C3%AD" title="Nuquí">Nuquí</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Quibd%C3%B3" title="Quibdó">Quibdó</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Ir%C3%B3" title="Río Iró">Río Iró</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Quito" title="Río Quito">Río Quito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riosucio,_Choc%C3%B3" title="Riosucio, Chocó">Riosucio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9_del_Palmar" title="San José del Palmar">San José del Palmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sip%C3%AD" title="Sipí">Sipí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad%C3%B3" title="Tadó">Tadó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungu%C3%ADa" title="Unguía">Unguía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_Panamericana" title="Unión Panamericana">Unión Panamericana</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bojay%C3%A1_massacre" title="Bojayá massacre">Bojayá massacre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Department&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visitchoco.com/">VisitChoco.com</a> Choco Department Tourism and Trip Planning website (English and Spanish)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unige.ch/cyberdocuments/theses2002/MosqueraMachadoSdC/these_body.html">Mosquera-Machados, Silvia del Carmen (2002) "Cadre général du département du Choco" in <i>Analyse multi-aléas et risques naturels dans le département du Chocó (nord-ouest de la Colombie)</i> Université de Genève, Geneva</a> in French</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/colombia/txt/2002/annex01.htm">"Mision de Observacion a la Situación de las Comunidades Afrodescendientes en Colombia: Anexo 1"</a> in Spanish;</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.choco7dias.com/">Choco 7 dias</a> - local newspaper founded by Elacio Murillo, former member of the Choco state assembly who was <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110519235109/http://www.lwr.org/colombia/alert/archive/012507.asp">assassinated by gunmen</a> on 12 January 2007.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081029195707/http://www.tni.org/policybriefings/brief27.pdf">Alternative Development, Economic Interests and Paramilitaries in Uraba</a>, TNI Drug Policy Briefing No 27, September 2008 by Moritz Tenthoff</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/">https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/</a> Key Biodiversity Areas</li> <li>Forests of the biogeographic region of Chocó in critical danger of disappearing, ProAves. 23 November 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://proaves.org/en/forests-of-the-biogeographic-region-of-choco-in-critical-danger-of-disappearing/">https://proaves.org/en/forests-of-the-biogeographic-region-of-choco-in-critical-danger-of-disappearing/</a></li> <li>Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena-Threats, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservation International. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cepf.net/our-work/biodiversity-hotspots/tumbes-choco-magdalena/threats">https://www.cepf.net/our-work/biodiversity-hotspots/tumbes-choco-magdalena/threats</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a><br /> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/30px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés</a></span><br 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