Turbaco

{{Short description|Municipality and town in Bolívar Department, Colombia}} {{Infobox settlement  |name = Turbaco |native_name = |nickname = Los Tira Piedra |motto = |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town |image_skyline = Turbaco.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Turbaco Plaza, Church of Santa Catalina |image_flag = Flag of Turbaco (Bolívar).svg |image_seal = |image_map = Colombia - Bolívar - Turbaco.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Turbaco in the Bolívar Department of Colombia |pushpin_map = Colombia |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Colombia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} |subdivision_type1 =[[departments of Colombia|Department]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Bolívar Department]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Guillermo Torres<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2020/0122/Yesterday-he-sang-for-guerrillas.-Today-he-s-one-town-s-mayor|website=The Christian Science Monitor|title=Yesterday, he sang for guerrillas. Today, he’s one town’s mayor.}}</ref> |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 202 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 13.92 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2018 census |population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/bolivar/13836__turbaco/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Turbaco municipality with localities</ref> |population_total = 105166 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = 97294 |population_density_urban_km2 = auto |population_demonym = Turbaquero |coordinates = {{coord|10|19|N|75|26|W|display=inline}} |timezone = Colombia Standard Time |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |elevation_m = 128 |elevation_ft = |area_code = 57 + 5 |website = [https://www.turbaco-bolivar.gov.co/ Official website] {{in lang|es}} |footnotes = }}

'''Turbaco''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Bolívar Department]] of [[Colombia]]. It is located about 20 km southeast of [[Cartagena de Indias]] and is one of [[Bolívar Department|Bolívar]]'s most organized municipalities. Turbaco is known for its famous "Fiesta de Toros" (Bulls' feast) in December to celebrate the new year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/corralejas-fiesta-barbarie/414424-3|title=Corralejas: ¿fiesta o barbarie?|website=Corralejas ¿fiesta o barbarie?}}</ref>

[[Juan de la Cosa]] was mortally wounded here in 1510, before [[Pedro de Heredia]] subjugated the area in 1533.<ref name=Parry>{{cite book|last1=Parry|first1=John|last2=Keith|first2=Robert|title=New Iberian World: A Documentary History of the Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the Early 17th Century, Vol. II|date=1984|publisher=Times Books|location=New York|isbn=9780812910704|page=454,479–485}}</ref><ref name="Floyd">{{cite book|last1=Floyd|first1=Troy|title=The Columbus Dynasty in the Caribbean, 1492-1526|date=1973|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|location=Albuquerque|pages=49,89,95,135}}</ref>

[[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] spent some of his years in exile here, 1850–1853 and 1855–1857.<ref name="Lemaitre">{{cite book|last1=Lemaitre|first1=Eduardo|title=A Brief History of Cartagena|date=1994|publisher=Compania Litografica Nacional S.A.|location=Medellin|isbn=9789586380928|page=13,75}}</ref>

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[[Category:Municipalities of Bolívar Department]]