Aracataca
Aracataca is a small town in the Magdalena Department of Colombia, to the south of Santa Marta. Largely unknown to travelers and even to the guidebooks, this town absolutely should not be overlooked in the itinerary of anyone with any interest in Gabriel García Márquez.
- Town with about 37,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Magdalena
Places of Interest
Highlights include Casa del Telegrafista.
Casa del Telegrafista
Casa del Telegrafista is a museum in Aracataca.
Aracataca
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Latitude
10.5906° or 10° 35′ 26″ north
Longitude
-74.1877° or 74° 11′ 16″ west
Open location code
7727HRR6+6W
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Aracataca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أراكاتاكا”
- Armenian: “Արակատակա”
- Asturian: “Aracataca (Colombia)”
- Asturian: “Aracataca”
- Azerbaijani: “Arakataka”
- Belarusian: “Аракатака”
- Bosnian: “Aracataca”
- Bulgarian: “Аракатака”
- Catalan: “Aracataca”
- Catalan: “Cataca”
- Cebuano: “Aracataca”
- Central Kurdish: “ئارکاتاکا”
- Chechen: “Аракатака”
- Chinese: “阿拉卡塔卡”
- Czech: “Aracataca”
- Danish: “Aracataca”
- Dutch: “Aracataca”
- Esperanto: “Aracataca”
- Esperanto: “Arakatako”
- French: “Aracataca”
- Galician: “Aracataca”
- Georgian: “არაკატაკა”
- German: “Aracataca”
- Greek: “Αρακατάκα”
- Greek: “Κατάκα”
- Hebrew: “ארקטקה”
- Hungarian: “Aracataca”
- Irish: “Aracataca”
- Italian: “Aracataca”
- Italian: “Cataca”
- Japanese: “アラカタカ”
- Korean: “아라카타카”
- Kotava: “Aracataca”
- Lithuanian: “Arakataka”
- Luxembourgish: “Aracataca”
- Malay: “Aracataca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aracataca”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aracataca”
- Persian: “آراکاتاکا”
- Polish: “Aracataca”
- Portuguese: “Aracataca”
- Russian: “Аракатака”
- Sardinian: “Aracataca”
- Scots: “Aracataca”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Aracataca”
- Serbian: “Arakataka”
- Sicilian: “Aracataca”
- Sindhi: “آراڪاٽاڪا”
- Slovak: “Aracataca”
- Slovenian: “Aracataca”
- Spanish: “Aracataca (Magdalena)”
- Spanish: “Aracataca”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Aracataca”
- Swedish: “Aracataca”
- Tagalog: “Aracataca”
- Turkish: “Aracataca (belediye)”
- Turkish: “Aracataca belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Aracataca”
- Ukrainian: “Аракатака”
- Urdu: “اراکاٹاکا”
- Uzbek: “Arakataka”
- Vietnamese: “Aracataca”
- Waray (Philippines): “Aracataca”
- Welsh: “Aracataca”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Magdalena Department: Highlights
Learn more about Santa Marta and Ciénaga.