Nóvita
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Nóvita | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Nóvita in the Chocó Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,867[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-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]
