Aracataca

Aracataca
Coordinates: 10 ° 35 ′ N , 74 ° 11 ′ W Aracataca on the map of Colombia	Aracataca
	Aracataca
	Location of the municipality of Aracataca on the map of Magdalena
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Magdalena
City foundation	1885
Residents	41,371 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1775 km 2
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
height	40 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Pedro Javier Sánchez Rueda (2016-2019)
Website	aracataca-magdalena.gov.co
	Advertising poster Aratacas
	Gabriel García Marquez's birthplace in Aracataca

Aracataca is a place in Colombia founded in 1885 , located in the Magdalena department on the Aracataca River of the same name and has had the status of a municipality ( municipio ) since 1912 .

Internationally he is best known for the fact that the Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez was born there and that his hometown probably served as a model for the place Macondo in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude .

On June 25, 2006, a referendum was held in Aracataca on the question of whether the place should be renamed Aracataca-Macondo . However, the referendum failed due to a lack of voter turnout.

geography

Aracataca is in the north of Magdalena 88 km away from Santa Marta . The city is close to the Caribbean coast . The eastern part of the municipality has a share of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , the western part of the municipality, on the other hand, is flat and characterized by hot temperatures and the proximity to the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta . Aracataca has an average annual temperature of 28 ° C. The municipality borders in the north on Puebloviejo , Zona Bananera , Ciénaga and Santa Marta, in the east on Valledupar and Pueblo Bello in the Departamento del Cesar , in the south on Fundación and in the west on El Retén .

population

The municipality of Aracataca has 41,371 inhabitants, of which 30,149 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

economy

The main industry in Aracataca is agriculture . In particular, bananas , palm oil and rice are produced. There is also cattle production on a smaller scale .

gallery

Aracatacas train station
Main road
Church in Aractaca

sons and daughters of the town

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), writer and journalist

Web links

Commons : Aracataca - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal de Aracataca. Alcaldía de Aracataca - Magdalena, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Aracataca).

Individual evidence

↑ Macondo seguirá siendo un pueblo imaginario. emol.com, June 25, 2006, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Geografía del Municipio de Aracataca. Alcaldía de Aracataca - Magdalena, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the geography of the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ Economía del Municipio de Aracataca. Alcaldía de Aracataca - Magdalena, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality's economy).

[1] Macondo seguirá siendo un pueblo imaginario. emol.com, June 25, 2006, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish).

[2] Geografía del Municipio de Aracataca. Alcaldía de Aracataca - Magdalena, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the geography of the municipality).

[3] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[4] Economía del Municipio de Aracataca. Alcaldía de Aracataca - Magdalena, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality's economy).