Apartadó | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and city |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Antioquia Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Urabá |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jose David Rangel Sangano |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1907 |
Area Total Km2: | 535.2 |
Area Urban Km2: | 5.91 |
Population As Of: | 2020 est. |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 127744 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 107271 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Apartadoseños |
Coordinates: | 7.8833°N -114°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Area Code: | 57 + 4 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Website: | Official website |
Apartadó (pronounced as /es/) is a small city and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the Urabá sub-region.
"Apartadó" means "river of plantains" in the local Indian language. The city is located near the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Urabá, the economy is based in bananas, plantain, corn, cassava, cocoa, wood and livestock. The mean maximum temperature is 30C and the relative humidity is above 80% all year round.
Apartadó is divided in 48 neighborhoods, and here is the best high school of the region of Urabá Antioquia. Today, the government is stimulating industrialization because it is near the Caribbean Sea and to the center of the country.The municipality had a population of 127,744 in 2020.
Apartadó has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
The city is served by Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport, with service on three commercial airlines.