Location of the town and municipality of Aracataca in the Department of Magdalena.
Country
Colombia
Region
Caribbean
Department
Magdalena
Foundation
1885
Area
• Total
1,755 km2 (678 sq mi)
Population
(2020 est.[1])
• Total
41,872
Time zone
UTC-5
Climate
Aw
Website
www.aracataca-magdalena.gov.co
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Aracataca (colloquially sometimes referred to as "Cataca") is a town and municipality and town located in the Department of Magdalena, in Colombia's Caribbean Region. Aracataca is a river town founded in 1885. The town stands beside a small river of the same name, the Aracataca river, that flows from the nearby Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range into the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, a lagoon of the Caribbean Sea. Aracataca is 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Department capital Santa Marta. The town is best known as the birthplace of Nobel literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
^"Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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north and west by the Caribbean and to the south by the municipalities of Aracataca and Ciénaga. Santa Marta experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen...
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