Manatí, Atlántico

Manatí, Atlántico
Municipality and town

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Location of the municipality and town of Manatí in the Department of Atlántico.
Country Colombia
Region Caribbean
Department Atlántico
Government
  Mayor Evaristo Enrique Olivero Pimienta (Liberal Party)[1]
Population (2005)
  Total 11,635
  [2]
Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)
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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Coordinates: 10°26′42″N 74°57′35″W / 10.44500°N 74.95972°W / 10.44500; -74.95972

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