Ayapel is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.

Ayapel is a Colombian municipality located in the far eastern department of Cordoba and bathed by the waters of San Jorge and Ayapel swamp.

Bounded on the north by San Marcos, San Benito Abad, and Majagual, on the east by Guaranda and Achi, on the west by Buenavista and Montelibano, Pueblo Nuevo and south to the department of Antioquia.

According to 2020 estimates, the population of Ayapel was 47,247.

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