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Nóvita is a municipality in the Chocó Department. It was
established on 30 September 1857.
Nóvita flag is horizontal yellow-white-green with inner ratio of
2:1:1.
Source: Municipal
web site.
Felipe Carillo and Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2008
Translated from this web site: "Yellow means gold,
platinum and natural resources. White means the region peace and
tranquillity Green means biodiversity, the forest and all its
hydrographic resources."
Gold mining is a main component of the town history. Nóvita was
mentioned for the first time in 1605, when Don Arias de Silva
discovered a gold mine on the banks of River Tamanà in a place
called San Francisco de Nóvita; the mine was probably founded in
1572.
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2008
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image from Municipal
web site