Magdalena Department
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Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located in the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea, with more than 1.3 million people. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named
Tayrona National Natural Park
Magdalena Department seen from space.
View of the municipality of El Banco from the Magdalena River
Overflow of the Magdalena River caused floodings in 2005.
Aracataca
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Aracataca is a town and municipality located in the Department of Magdalena, in Colombia's Caribbean Region. Aracataca is a river town founded in 1885. The town stands beside a small river of the same
Magdalena Department
…the southern and western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The basin irrigates great extensions of the municipalities of Ciénaga, Zona Bananera, Fundación, Aracataca, and El Retén, which are the heart of the agricultural and livestock economy of the department. The rivers that form part of this basin are: Frío River…
Aracataca's church where Garcia Marquez was baptized
Casa natal de Gabriel García Márquez
Freemason lodge Aracataca
Aracataca train station