El Retén

Summary

El Retén is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• El Retén is located in Magdalena Department^[3].
• El Retén is in the country of Colombia^[4].
• El Retén's image is recorded as El Retén.png^[5].
• El Retén's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].
• El Retén's flag image is recorded as Flag of El Retén (Magdalena).svg^[7].
• El Retén's locator map image is recorded as Colombia - Magdalena - El Retén.svg^[8].
• El Retén's Commons category is recorded as El Retén^[9].
• El Retén's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11890330^[10].
• El Retén's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[11].
• +1913-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of El Retén^[12].
• El Retén's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 10.610555555556, 'lon': -74.268333333333}^[13].
• El Retén's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pzl7d^[14].
• El Retén's official website is recorded as http://www.elreten-magdalena.gov.co/index.shtml^[15].
• El Retén's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18417'}^[16].
• El Retén's population is recorded as {'amount': '+19345'}^[17].
• El Retén's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'El Retén'}^[18].
• El Retén's category for people born here is recorded as Q132144836^[19].
• El Retén's GeoNames ID is recorded as 9609551^[20].
• El Retén's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'El Retén'}^[21].
• El Retén's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+22'}^[22].
• El Retén's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+268'}^[23].
• El Retén's Who's on First ID is recorded as 421173415^[24].
• El Retén's DANE code is recorded as 47268^[25].

Body

Geography

El Retén is in the country of Colombia^[4]. It is located in Magdalena Department^[3].

Physical Characteristics

El Retén's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+268'}^[23]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+22'}^[22]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18417'}^[16] and {'amount': '+19345'}^[17].

Designation and Status

El Retén's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].

History and Context

+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of El Retén^[12].

Why It Matters

El Retén ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]