Necoclí is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá. Its population is predominantly Afro-Columbian.
It was founded as a Spanish city called San Sebastián de Buena Vista. One of Colombia's oldest towns, it was founded in 1509 by Pedro de Heredia, who died in 1555.
Some early reports of the town can be found in chapter 9 of Pedro Cieza de León's Crónica del Perú (1553).
Necoclí Airport is a general aviation airport, without scheduled flights. Buses link the town with the Cartagena, the department capital of Medellín, and other points.There are scheduled launches to Acandí, across the gulf and near the Panamanian border.
The town is as close to Panama as one can get by road, and serves as an impromptu staging ground for migrants attempting to cross the Darién Gap to Panama, en route to the United States. In January of 2021 thousands of Haitians were stranded in Necoclí; the town's water system was unable to handle the additional load.
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