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2 unusual facts about Chocó Department


Freddy Hurtado

Alfredo Hurtado Abadía (known as Freddy Hurtado; born May 27, 1976 in Chocó) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Envigado.

Restrepia chocoensis

Restrepia chocoensis is a species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), named for the Department of Chocó, Colombia, where it was discovered.


Jennifer Padilla

Born in Quibdó, Chocó Department, she won the Colombian youth title over 200 m in 2007 and made her first international appearances two years later.


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Chestnut-backed Antbird

The subspecies found in far south-east Panama (Darién Province), Colombia (except northern Chocó Department) and Ecuador, M. e. maculifer and M. e. cassini, have two wing bars consisting of white spots.

Sipi

Sipí, a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia