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Sapzurro
Sapzurro
Municipality and town
	Location of the municipality and town of Acandí in the Chocó Department of Colombia
	Coordinates: 8°39′30″N 77°21′59″W / 8.65833°N 77.36639°W
Country	Colombia
Department	Chocó Department
Population
• Total	270
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

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Sapzurro is a small town on the Caribbean Sea located in the northwest corner of the Republic of Colombia. It is part of the Municipality of Acandí, in the Chocó Department of the Darien region. The closest city is Capurganá, a semi-popular port town, and it is across the international boundary from the Panamanian town of La Miel.

Accessibility

There is ferry service between the Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport (Apartadó Town) and Capurganá. The Turbo-Capurganá route has become popular for people crossing between Colombia and Panama. Daily boats transport passengers from Turbo to Capurganá then they have the option to walk or take a smaller panga to the small port of Sapzurro.

Traveling out

The first city in Panama is Puerto Obaldia, accessible by boat from Capurganá or Sapzurro in about 45 minutes. From inside the country there are flight connections from Medellín in the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport with the aviation companies ADA^[1] and Searca.^[2]

Climate

This area typically has a pronounced dry season. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sapzurro has a tropical savanna climate, abbreviated "Aw" on climate maps.3. ^[3]

Climate data for Sapzurro (Colombia)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (85)	29 (85)	29 (85)	29 (85)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (85)	29 (84)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	24 (76)	24 (76)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (76)	24 (76)	24 (76)	25 (77)	25 (77)
Average precipitation days	3	3	3	5	8	6	4	7	6	6	5	4	60
Source: Weatherbase ^[4]

Demographics

There are 270 inhabitants, most sharing one of two last names.^[5] It is inhabited predominantly by descendants of African slaves brought by the Spanish Colonizers after conquering the Americas.

Guerrilla presence

Due to militiary tension the FARC guerillas, including the FARC's Frente 57, were forced to take refuge across their own boarder in Panama's Darian region. In June 1999 the guerrillas briefly took over the border settlement of Sapzurro.^[6]