Necoclí
Necoclí is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá. Its population is predominantly Afro-Colombian.[2]
Necoclí | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Necoclí in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Necoclí Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 8°25′0″N 76°47′0″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
| Subregion | Urabá |
| Population (2020 est.[1]) | |
| • Total | 70,824 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
It was founded as a Spanish city called San Sebastián de Buena Vista. One of Colombia's oldest towns, it was founded in 1509[2] by Pedro de Heredia, who died in 1555.
Some early reports of the town can be found in chapter 9 of Pedro Cieza de León's Crónica del Perú (1553).
Necoclí Airport is a general aviation airport, without scheduled flights. Buses link the town with Cartagena, the department capital of Medellín, and other points. There are scheduled launches to two towns without road access, Capurganá and Acandí, across the gulf and near the Panamanian border.
The town is as close to Panama as one can get by road, and serves as an impromptu staging ground for migrants attempting to cross the Darién Gap to Panama, en route to the United States. In January of 2021 thousands of Haitians were stranded in Necoclí; the town's water system was unable to handle the additional load.[3][4][5]
Climate
Necoclí has a tropical monsoon climate (Am)What is this an abbreviation for? with moderate rainfall from January to March and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Necoclí | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 58 (2.3) |
50 (2.0) |
86 (3.4) |
182 (7.2) |
283 (11.1) |
215 (8.5) |
221 (8.7) |
207 (8.1) |
192 (7.6) |
208 (8.2) |
188 (7.4) |
146 (5.7) |
2,036 (80.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
References
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Necoclí. |
- "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Heyden, Tom (May 10, 2011). "Necocli: Crabs, coconuts and volcano swimming". Colombia Reports. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- "Colombia reports almost 700 migrants stranded in Caribbean region". Reuters. 29 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- Turkewitz, Julie; Kitroeff, Natalie; Villamil, Sofía; Rios, Federico (2021-10-02). "Perilous, Roadless Jungle Becomes a Path of Desperate Hope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ""If I go back, I'll die': Colombian town scrambles to accommodate 10,000 migrants". The Guardian. 2021-08-08. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- "Climate: Necoclí". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
Further reading
- Oquendo B., Catalina (March 7, 2007). "Necoclí, la tierra a donde llegaron los conquistadores". El Tiempo (Colombia). Archived from the original on 2007-03-10.