Manatí is a Colombian municipality located to the south of the Atlántico department, approximately 44 miles from Barranquilla.

It was created in 1639 in a place the natives used to call Mahabana.

Its current population according to the latest DANE's (Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics) census is 13.456 people.

Manatí has a very hot tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw)[4] with a dry season from December to March.