States or Territories

Atlantico Department

Department

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Atlantico Department." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/atlantico-department.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Atlantico Department. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/atlantico-department

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-atlantico-department,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Atlantico Department},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/atlantico-department},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

Atlantico Department is a department of Colombia on the Caribbean coast in the north of the country, the third-smallest of Colombia's thirty-two departments by area but the fifth-largest by population. It had a population of 2,535,517 in 2018 across an area of about 3,388 square kilometers, and its capital is Barranquilla.

Facts

Capital

Barranquilla 1

Population

2,535,517 1

2018 figure from Atlantico Department's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2018 1

Area (sq km)

3388 1

Latitude

10.983 degrees north 1

Longitude

74.783 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Barranquilla

barranquilla is associated with atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

Colombia

Atlantico Department is a department of Colombia.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Barranquilla

barranquilla is the capital of atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Atlantico Department is on continent.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

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Atlantico is a department of Colombia in the north of the country, with the Caribbean Sea to its north. Despite having the third-smallest area among Colombia's thirty-two departments, it is the fifth-largest by population with 2,535,517.

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