Chocó Department

E71846

department of Colombia

Chocó Department is a rainforest-covered region in western Colombia known for its high biodiversity, heavy rainfall, and significant Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Emberá populations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chocó region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of Colombia ⓘ
bordersCountry	Panama ⓘ
bordersDepartment	Antioquia Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Caldas Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Córdoba Department ⓘ Risaralda Department ⓘ Valle del Cauca Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Quibdó ⓘ
containsCity	Condoto ⓘ Istmina ⓘ Quibdó ⓘ
containsMunicipality	Bahía Solano ⓘ Nuquí ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Afro-Colombians ⓘ Emberá ⓘ surface form: Emberá people
facesIssue	deforestation ⓘ limited infrastructure ⓘ poverty ⓘ
hasBiome	rainforest ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasEcosystem	Chocó–Darién moist forests ⓘ
hasHighLevelOf	annual precipitation ⓘ endemic species ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Los Katíos National Park ⓘ surface form: Los Katíos National Natural Park Tatamá National Natural Park ⓘ Utría National Natural Park ⓘ
indigenousLanguage	Chocoan languages ⓘ surface form: Emberá languages
knownFor	Afro-Colombian culture ⓘ Indigenous Emberá communities ⓘ heavy rainfall ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Colombian Pacific region ⓘ surface form: western Colombia
locatedOnCoastOf	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ logging ⓘ mining ⓘ
officialName	Departamento del Chocó NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Chocó–Darién moist forests ⓘ surface form: Biogeographic Chocó
partOfRegion	Colombian Pacific region ⓘ surface form: Pacific Region of Colombia
timeZone	America/Bogota ⓘ surface form: Colombia Standard Time
traversedByRiver	Atrato River ⓘ San Juan River ⓘ
utcOffset	UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombian Pacific region → contains → Chocó Department ⓘ

Antioquia Department → hasBorderWith → Chocó Department ⓘ

Turbo, Colombia → isGatewayTo → Chocó Department ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chocó region

Darién Gap → partOf → Chocó Department ⓘ

Emberá → region → Chocó Department ⓘ

Chocoan languages → spokenIn → Chocó Department ⓘ

Chocoano Spanish → spokenIn → Chocó Department ⓘ