Aracataca

Aracataca
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Nickname:  Cataca
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.