Capurganá
Capurganá is a city in the Choco region of Colombia. Despite the written accent on the final syllable, locals pronounce the town's name with the accent on the third syllable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Aliman5040, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Aliman5040, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,790 residents
- Description: village of Colombia
- Also known as: “Capurgana” and “Purgana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Capurganá Airport.
Capurganá Airport
Aerodrome
Capurganá Airport is an airport serving the Caribbean coastal town of Capurganá in the Chocó Department of Colombia. No roads go to Capurganá, so boats and aircraft are the primary means in and out.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sapzurro.
Sapzurro
Sapzurro is in Colombia, about roughly a quarter of the way from Capurganá in Colombia to Puerto Obaldia in Panama, and across the international boundary from Panamanian town of La Miel.Capurganá
- Categories: population center and locality
- Location: Acandí, Chocó, Pacifica, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
8.6366° or 8° 38′ 12″ northLongitude
-77.3472° or 77° 20′ 50″ westPopulation
1,790Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)IATA airport code
CPBUnited Nations Location Code
CO CPBOpen location code
67W4JMP3+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 703260210OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3687480Wikidata ID
Q525566
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Capurganá” goes by many names.
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