| El Playón | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Santander Department |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 459 |
| Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
| Population Total: | 12966 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 7.4767°N -73.2081°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 469 |
El Playón is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.