Manatí, Atlántico

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Country	Colombia
Manatí
Location of the municipality and town of Manatí in the Department of Atlántico.
Region	Caribbean
Department	Atlántico
Foundation	[[]]
Government
- Mayor	Evaristo Enrique Olivero Pimienta (Liberal Party)^[1]
Population (2005)
- Total	11,635
	^[2]
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.

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(Spanish) Manatí official website
(Spanish) Manatí website
(Spanish) Gobernacion del Atlantico - Manatí

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