Aracataca facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Aracataca
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Nickname(s):  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  (2005)
• Total	51,975
Time zone	UTC-5
Website	www.aracataca-magdalena.gov.co
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Aracataca is a city in Magdalena, Columbia. The city is known for being the birthplace of Gabriel García Márquez.

Images for kids

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  Aracataca train station, one of the literary settings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez´s novel.

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  Gabriel García Márquez's Birthplace Museum

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  García Márquez Wall

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  Billboard of Gabriel García Márquez in Aracataca. The billboard reads: "I feel I am an American from every country, without never renouncing to the nostalgia for my land, to which I returned one day and discovered that between the reality and nostalgia was the Feedstock for my work". - Gabriel García Márquez

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  Riverlife

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  Schoolkids

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  Freemason lodge

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  Oil palm plantations in the municipality of Aracataca

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  African palmtree forest, from which palm oil is being won

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  The house of the Telegrafist

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  Aracataca railway

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  Train passing by the station

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In Spanish: Aracataca para niños