Turbaco

{{Short description|Municipality and town in Bolívar Department, Colombia}}

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|name = Turbaco

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|nickname = Los Tira Piedra

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|settlement_type = Municipality and town

|image_skyline = Turbaco.jpg

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|image_caption = Turbaco Plaza, Church of Santa Catalina

|image_flag = Flag of Turbaco (Bolívar).svg

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|image_map = Colombia - Bolívar - Turbaco.svg

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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Turbaco in the Bolívar Department of Colombia

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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Colombia

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

|subdivision_type1 =Department

|subdivision_name1 = Bolívar Department

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Guillermo Torres{{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.}}

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|area_total_km2 = 202

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|area_urban_km2 = 13.92

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|population_as_of = 2018 census

|population_footnotes = [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/bolivar/13836__turbaco/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Turbaco municipality with localities

|population_total = 105166

|population_density_km2 = auto

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|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

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|elevation_m = 128

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|area_code = 57 + 5

|website = [http://www.turbaco-bolivar.gov.co/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}

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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's most organized municipalities. Turbaco is known for its famous "Fiesta de Toros" (Bulls's feast) in December to celebrate the new year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/corralejas-fiesta-barbarie/414424-3|title=Corralejas: ¿fiesta o barbarie?|website=Corralejas ¿fiesta o barbarie?}} Currently, the municipality is undergoing major expansion plans and remodeling.

Juan de la Cosa was mortally wounded here in 1510, before Pedro de Heredia subjugated the area in 1533.{{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}}{{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}}

Antonio López de Santa Anna spent some of his exile years here, 1850–1853 and 1855–1857.{{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}}