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آراکاتاکا
Sign in to saveAracataca (colloquially sometimes referred to as "Cataca") is a town and municipality 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 south of the Department capital Santa Marta. The town is best known as the birthplace of Nobel literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Colombia
- Settlement.official_name
- Aracataca
- Settlement.nickname
- Cataca
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Aracataca (Magdalena).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Magdalena - Aracataca.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the town and municipality of Aracataca in the Department of Magdalena.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Caribbean
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Magdalena
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Foundation
- Settlement.established_date
- 1885
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1755
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 41872
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Demonym
- Cataquero
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Magdalena Department
- Population
- 37476
- Area
- 1755
- Elevation
- 40
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Official website
- aracataca-magdalena.gov.co
- Image
- Aracataca's church where Garcia Marquez was baptized.JPG
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- Commons category
- Aracataca
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- Aracataca
- inception
- 1885-06-24
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On the map
3 mapped locations