Historia documental del Chocó.
By: Publicación dirigida por Enrique Ortega Ricaurte con la colaboración de Ana Rueda Briceño.
Series: Publicaciones del Departamento de Biblioteca y Archivos Nacionales,
Publisher: Editorial Kelly
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Bogotá
Language: spa
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Chocó (Colombia) -- History -- Sources.
Table of contents: title: Choco is the western coastal region of Colombia, between Panama and Ecuador. It lies between the Sierra Occidental and the Pacific Ocean, quite mountainous turning to hilly and then swampy along the coast. Extreme heat and high rainfall have kept it relatively unpopulated. It's main attraction is the abundance of placer mines of gold and platinum along the streams. Formerly the home of savage tribes that kept the Spanish out until the Late Colonial Period--1680-1780. Once a part of the province of Popayan and largely owned by the upper classes of that province, it was spun off into its own department some time ago. In modern times, the population is heavily African American and very poor.