Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia

E18036
municipality town

Aracataca, in the Magdalena department of Colombia, is a small Caribbean town best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning writer Gabriel García Márquez and the inspiration for the fictional Macondo in his works.

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Aracataca, Colombia 1
town of Aracataca 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWithWriter Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
climateClassification Aw (Köppen) ⓘ
coordinates approx. 10.59°N 74.19°W ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
distanceToSantaMarta about 80 km ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
banana cultivation ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
oil palm cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~20 metres ⓘ
foundingDate 1912 ⓘ
governingBody municipal council of Aracataca ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic distinct wet and dry seasons ⓘ
high temperatures year-round ⓘ
hasDemonym aracateca ⓘ
aracateco ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: town of Aracataca
hasMuseum Casa Museo Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
heritage associated with Colombian Caribbean culture ⓘ
inception 1912 ⓘ
inspiredFictionalPlace Macondo ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
literarySignificance setting inspiration for works of magical realism ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Magdalena Department ⓘ
locatedInContinent South America ⓘ
locatedInCountry Colombia ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalFeature Magdalena River valley ⓘ
surface form: Magdalena River basin
locatedInRegion Colombian Caribbean region ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean region of Colombia
locatedInTimeZone America/Bogota ⓘ
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
locatedOnRiver Aracataca River ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Santa Marta ⓘ
namedAfter Aracataca River ⓘ
notableAs birthplace of Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Magdalena Department ⓘ
population ~40,000 ⓘ
postalCode approx. 478010 ⓘ
timeZoneOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
touristAttraction Casa Museo Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
transport connected by road to Santa Marta ⓘ
served by a railway line ⓘ

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Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia → hasMunicipalSeat → Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Aracataca
Gabriel García Márquez → placeOfBirth → Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia ⓘ
Gabo → refersToPersonBornIn → Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aracataca, Colombia