Turbana | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Bolívar |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Dique bolivarense |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Senen Cantillo Paternina |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 17 July 1894 |
Area Total Km2: | 148 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 72168 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 66913 |
Coordinates: | 10.2833°N -102°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 80 |
Turbana is a municipality in the Bolívar department in Colombia. Most of the people living here depend on agriculture and cattle raising for their main income. There is no sewer system or dump and waste is disposed of in streams and roadways. The temperature averages from 27C30C. Turbana borders Turbaco and Cartagena in the north, Arjona in the south and Arjona and Turbaco in the east.