Tribugá
| Gulf of Tribugá Golfo de Tribugá |
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 Gulf of Tribugá
Location in Colombia
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| Location | Nuquí, Chocó, Colombia |
| Coordinates | 5°46′01″N 77°16′12″W / 5.767°N 77.270°WCoordinates: 5°46′01″N 77°16′12″W / 5.767°N 77.270°W |
| Basin countries | Colombia |
The Gulf of Tribugá (Spanish: Golfo de Tribugá) is a gulf on the Pacific coast of Colombia. It contains exuberant mangroves. The bay is a spawning ground for humpback whales. Tourist attractions include diving and watching whales and turtles. There are plans to build a major deep-water port at the village of Tribugá in the main river estuary.
The Gulf of Tribugá is on the Pacific Coast of Colombia in the Chocó Department. It may be reached by sea from the port of Buenaventura or by air to the municipality of Nuquí. The Utría National Natural Park is to the north of the gulf. Cabo Corrientes is at the southern end. The municipality of Nuquí, with a population of 7,000, is in the center of the gulf and has an airport, hospital, high school and commercial infrastructure. There is an indigenous community of Emberá people in the basins of the Valle, Nuquí, Jurubidá, Panguí rivers.
The climate is humid tropical forest, with average temperatures of 28 °C (82 °F). There is high rainfall, with least rain in January and February. The Esmeraldes-Pacific Colombia mangroves are found along the coasts of Columbia and Ecuador from the Gulf of Tribugá in the north to Mompiche Bay in the south. Core samples have shown that in the south of the gulf dominant populations of Rhizophora mangroves have been relatively stable for the last 4,500 years. In recent years abundant Acrostichum aureum have appeared, probably introduced by humans. In one area of the northern gulf there have been populations of Pelliciera rhizophorae for about 2,600 years, but in another area the mangroves are from recent colonization.
Land animals include bats, marsupials, anteaters, sloths, jaguars, pumas, otters, coatis, bush dogs, snakes, poison frogs and iguanas. There are 270 species of birds including harpy eagles and herons.
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