El Reten
Colombia
El Reten: facts
At a glance
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Magdalena Department
- Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
- Population: approximately 19,345
- Coordinates: 10.6113° N, 74.2682° W
- Time zone: America/Bogota (UTC-05:00)
- Currency: Peso (COP)
- Distance to the capital, Bogota: 668 km (415 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
- Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
- Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport (VUP): 113 km (70 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Aracataca: 8.8 km (5.5 mi)
- Fundacion: 14 km (8 mi)
- Prado-Sevilla: 22 km (14 mi)
- Pivijay: 42 km (26 mi)
- Puebloviejo: 43 km (26 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Malambo, 62 km (38 mi)
Sources
- El Retén
Coming up in El Reten
- 11 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 14 Nov 2026: Colombian Women's Day
- 16 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 7 Dec 2026: Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 8 Dec 2026: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
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