Manatí, Atlántico | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Name1: | Caribbean |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Evaristo Enrique Olivero Pimienta (Liberal Party)[1] |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 206 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[3] |
Population Total: | 19233 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
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.
Manatí has a very hot tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw)[4] with a dry season from December to March.