Manatí, Atlántico Explained

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.

Climate

Manatí has a very hot tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw)[4] with a dry season from December to March.

External links

10.445°N -74.9597°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.registraduria.gov.co/reselec2007_esc/1028/x.html National Registry of the Civil State: 2007 regional election results
  2. Web site: Municipalities of Colombia. statoids. 26 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018. DANE. es . 26 April 2020.
  4. 23 October 2023 . Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. . Nature: Scientific Data . en.