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Tumaco is known for being the hometown of many great Colombian soccer players, including Willington Ortiz. Colombian film director Samuel Córdoba released a documentary about the city in 2009. The film, entitled "Tumaco Pacífico", [ 2 ] chronicles the stilt-house area of the city, predominantly populated by Afro-Colombians.
The plains of the Tumaco-La Tolita region present a great challenge for intensive agriculture, since these lands are prone to flooding during the rainy season, making agriculture impossible for a few months every year. To deal with this problem, the farmers of the Tolita culture resorted to the construction of channels and camellones. [1]
The Great Wall of Los Angeles places emphasis on the often overlooked history of Native Americans, ethnic and religious minorities, LGBTQ people, and those fighting for civil rights. [10] Baca recalls that at the time, there was a lack of public art that represented the diverse heritage of Los Angeles. [ 2 ]
These soil surfaces on the Great Wall are covered by a “living skin” of tiny, rootless plants and microorganisms known as biocrusts that are a source of the heritage site’s staying power ...
The Great Wall of China cannot be seen by the naked human eye from the Moon. [71] Even though the myth is thoroughly debunked, it is still ingrained in popular culture. [72] [73] The apparent width of the Great Wall as seen from the Moon would be the same as that of a human hair viewed from 3 km (2 mi) away. [74]
The 1979 Tumaco earthquake occurred at 02:59 local time on 12 December with a moment magnitude of 8.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The epicenter was just offshore from the border between Ecuador and Colombia, near the port city of Tumaco. It triggered a major tsunami, which was responsible for most of the estimated 300 ...
David Spindler is an independent American scholar and an authority [1] on the Great Wall of China.Writing in The New Yorker in 2007, Peter Hessler called him "a leading expert on the Wall’s history and construction."
Living along the coast of Peru from around 900 to 1500 A.D., the Chancay people was well known for their impressive artwork, including wood carvings, ceramics, and textiles.