Turbana, Bolívar

Municipality and town in Bolívar, Colombia

10°17′N 75°27′W / 10.283°N 75.450°W / 10.283; -75.450Country

ColombiaDepartmentBolívarSubregionDique bolivarenseFounded17 July 1894Government

• MayorSenen Cantillo Paternina
(2016-2019)Area

• Municipality and town148 km² (57 sq mi)Elevation

80 m (260 ft)Population

(2015)

• Municipality and town72,168 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi) • Urban

66,913Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)WebsiteOfficial website

Turbana is a municipality in the Bolívar department in Colombia. Most of the people living here depend on agriculture and cattle raising for their main income. There is no sewer system or dump and waste is disposed of in streams and roadways. The temperature averages from 27 to 30 °C (81 to 86 °F). Turbana borders Turbaco and Cartagena in the north, Arjona in the south and Arjona and Turbaco in the east.