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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 and Searca.

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.

Demographics
There are 270 inhabitants, most sharing one of two last names. 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.

Etymology
Origins of the word Sapzurro come from the ancient dialect of the Kuna people and means "Bahia Profunda" (deep bay).