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The history of Necoclí is in its beginnings of Spanish conquerors and aboriginal natives. Gateway of the Iberians to Antioquia and inhabited during those times by the Cunas ethnic group, the region has a strong historical tradition and a high socio-cultural value. In the district several indigenous reservations are conserved, 22 kilometers from the head, which constitute a tourist and anthropological scientific attraction.

More or less just two kilometers from the head is precisely the site where the conquering town of San Sebastián de Urabá once stood, where, back in 1509, the conqueror Alonso de Ojeda, considered the founder of the town, passed.

In relation to its name, Necoclí, there is a legend that tells how a tired traveler was thirsty and came to the place to calm it down, but in response they told him that “there was no ´coclí´ there”, being the “coclí” a very common in the region.

Still in 2009, a great variety of races and cultures converge in the district. There are still several indigenous reservations considered today historical-cultural heritage: the territories of the Zenúes and Tule communities, and the reservations of Caimán Nuevo and El Volao.

Necoclí is one of the municipalities that has best preserved its ecosystem in the northern Urabá of Antioquia. An hour by boat, through choppy seas, you reach Ensenada de Rionegro, in Punta Arenas, at the northern end of the Gulf of Urabá. This is the main school of fish in the region, where tarpon, grouper, snappers and other species are found. If you are lucky you have the opportunity to find a manatee, a species in danger of extinction.

The surrounding mangroves are also a refuge for hundreds of migratory birds, such as earwigs, seagulls and pelicans, declared species of municipal reserve.





Necoclí is a municipality in Colombia, located in the Urabá subregion in the department of Antioquia. It limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea and with the municipality of San Juan de Urabá, to the east with the municipality of Arboletes, to the south with the municipality of Turbo and to the west with the Caribbean Sea. Its head is 424 kilometers from the city of Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia. The municipality has an area of ​​1,361 square kilometers.

Appellate: Historical Bastion of America.

It is administratively divided into 7 townships: Pueblo Nuevo, El Totumo, El Mellito, Las Changas, Zapata, Mulatos and Caribia, and 136 villages among which are San Sebastián, La Comarca, San Isidro, Mello, Villavicencio, Santa Fe-La Islita , Palmares Cenizosa and Bobal-La Playa. The district is connected by road with the neighboring municipalities of San Juan de Urabá, Arboletes and Turbo.

Economy

Agriculture: It stands out with the banana and the coconut. It also produces corn, rice, yams, beans, yucca and various fruits

Large cattle, zebu (milk and cheese industry)

Tourism: it is the economic activity with the greatest potential, especially due to the use that can be made of the 95 kilometers of beach that the district has.

Mining: gold

Fishing in good volume

Wood and its basic industry

As for handicrafts, products made with coconut shells stand out: handcuffs, necklaces and bracelets, hammocks and hammocks, wooden curtains and lamps.





Parties

Fiestas del Coco and corralejas de toros, the first bridge in January.

National Bullerengue Festival in October

Gastronomy

Very varied dishes of Seafood, Rice with coconut, Banana, Yuca, Fish and Sweets made with fruits. There is also offer of typical Antioquia cuisine and roasts.

Places of interest

Parish Church of Our Lady of Carmen

Natural heritage:

Indigenous reservations: Resguardo del Caimán, 22 kilometers from the head road to the municipality of Turbo, occupies the villages of Caimán Viejo and Caimán Nuevo; El Volao, located 70 kilometers via Las Changas to the municipality of Arboletes

Ecological places, headed by the Ensenada de Rionegro: reached by sea, one hour from the municipality

Ciénagas: El Salado and Marimonda

Ensenada del Río Negro located in the northern part of the gulf

Beaches: El Totumo, El Pescador, Playa Linda and others

Fourteen mud volcanoes. The best known is the Hacienda Virgen del Cobre, 2 kilometers from the head. Other volcanoes are La Cenizosa, El Carlos, and El San José de Mulatos, which is constantly erupting

Cerros de San Sebastián, on whose base the town of San Sebastián de Urabá was founded in 1509. There are also the hills: El Águila, El Yoqui and El Caballo, among others

Cascada del Carlos, 8 kilometers from the head.

Hotels: Punta Caribana Casa Hotel, Hotel san Sebastián, Casa Hotel Dora mar

Restaurants: Sabor y Ceviche, La Antorcha, El Ganadero

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