Riosucio, Chocó
Riosucio | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
Location of the municipality and town of Riosucio in the Chocó Department of Colombia. | |
| Coordinates: 7.4406°0′0″N 77.1189°0′0″W / 7.44060°N 77.11890°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Founded | 1518 |
| Area | |
| 5,818.5 km2 (2,246.5 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 8 m (26.3 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 28,832 | |
| • Density | 4.95/km2 (12.83/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 8,458 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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Riosucio (Spanish pronunciation: [rjoˈsusjo]) is a municipality and town in the Department of Chocó, Colombia. The municipality and town are located in the Atrato River basin, on the Chocoan side of Urabá, a region spanning the departments Chocó and Antioquia.
Riosucio municipality is landlocked, being separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Chocoan municipalities Juradó and Bahía Solano and from the Gulf of Urabá, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, by the Antioquian municipality Turbo and the Chocoan municipality Unguía. Riosucio town is mostly inaccessible by roads and has no airport; the river is the main route for access to and transportation within the town.