class="apple-converted-space"> Magdalena,
in Colombia's Caribbean Region. Aracataca is a river
town founded in 1885. The town stands beside the river of the same name,
the Aracataca river that flows
from the nearby Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta mountain range into
the CiƩnaga Grande de Santa
Marta. Aracataca is located some 80 km south of the Department capital Santa Marta