Chocó Department

Chocó Department is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country. It is on the border to Panama. The capital is Quibdó.

The Chocó Department makes up most of the ecoregion known as El Chocó that extends from Panama to Ecuador.

Chocó Department Media

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  Map of the Darién Gap and the break in the Pan-American Highway between Yaviza, Panama and Turbo, Colombia

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  Monument to Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Madrid, founder of Santa María la Antigua del Darién

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  The Chocó Department is covered mostly by the Baudó Mountains.