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Apartadó, its name in indigenous dialect translates Río del Plátano, Pata: Plátano, and Do: Río.

Apartadó was born as a result of the colonization caused with the opening of the highway to the Caribbean Sea of ​​Antioquia, and with the political persecution that took place in Colombia from 1948, after the assassination of the leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Although the founding of the town dates back to 1907, the formal initiation of the community dates more precisely from 1949, a year after the political persecution began. Years later, the place became a police post installed by the Turbo municipality in 1965. From then on, that initial police post became a district of this same Turbo district.

Officially, Apartadó was born by ordinance No. 7 of November 30, 1967. Thus, his municipal life began in 1968, son of the municipality of Turbo and brother of the neighboring municipalities of Necoclí, Arboletes, San Pedro de Urabá, Carepa and Chigorodó, all part of the territory known as Urabá Antioqueño.

Currently, in 2007, Apartadó is a municipality with more than 110 thousand inhabitants, where a diverse cultural mix that brings together Afro-descendants, paisas and indigenous people converges on a plain that is part of the Colombian Caribbean. It is considered the second municipality of Urabá Antioqueño after Turbo, due to its commercial activity and its infrastructure. It is surrounded by huge banana and banana plantations, the same ones that represent the main line of the region's economy and, in recent years, it has had an accelerated growth towards agrotourism.





Apartadó is a municipality in Colombia, located in the Urabá subregion in the department of Antioquia. It borders on the north and west with the municipality of Turbo, on the east with the department of Córdoba and on the south with the municipality of Carepa. Its municipal seat is 336 kilometers from the departmental capital Medellín, and has an area of ​​600 square kilometers. Its 48 neighborhoods include the Obrero neighborhood, Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood, Ortiz neighborhood and Vélez neighborhood; and its 4 villages are San José de Apartadó, El Reposo, Puerto Girón and Churidó Pueblo.

Appellations: Heart of Urabá, door of the sun and Emporium of banana wealth.

Weather:

Maximum temperature: 28 ° C

Minimum temperature: 23 ° C

Precipitation: 3,000 mm / year

Economy:

Agriculture: The municipality lives basically from the crops of banana, plantain, corn, cassava, and cocoa

Woods: Cutting and Felling

Extense livestock farming

Handicrafts: Iraqi baskets and mats.

Transport:

Apartadó is served by the Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport, which has direct daily flights to Medellín and other locations in the sector. By road, Apartadó is located 344 kilometers from Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia.





Parties

Banana Festival, in November, the emblem of the municipality

Vallenato Festival ´´Voices and Accordions´´ in August

Festivities of the Virgen del Carmen in July

Myths and Legends Parade in December

Anniversary parties in November.

Gastronomy

Crab, shrimp, fish in all its varieties, and recipes made with banana and coconut are typical of the district.

It also offers typical Antioquia mountain food, such as the famous paisa tray, and roasts, and some variety of international cuisine.

Places of interest:

Principal Park

Comfamiliar Camacol Recreational Park

Our Lady of Carmen Cathedral

Divine Eucharist Church

Encounters Park

Martina Park

Agroindustrial livestock and tourism technological complex (SENA)

Ecological destinations:

Merylan Banana Farm

La Bocatoma and Mojahuevo bathtubs

Leon River

Miramar Elevation

Banana plantations

Suspension bridge, near the head.

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