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Manatí, Atlántico
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Manatí in the Department of Atlántico.
Location of the municipality and town of Manatí in the Department of Atlántico.
Country Colombia
Region Caribbean
Department Atlántico
Area
 • Total 206 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018)
 • Total 19,233
 • Density 93.36/km2 (241.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate Aw
Website
www.manati-atlantico.gov.co/sitio.shtml

Manatí is a Colombian municipality located to the south of the Atlántico department, approximately 44 miles from Barranquilla. It was created in 1639 in a place the natives used to call Mahabana. Its current population according to the latest DANE's (Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics) census is 13.456 people.

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