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Aracataca was founded in 1885.

It achieved the status of municipality on the 28th of April 1915, when it separated from the municipality of Pueblo Viejo.

In the late 19th century, companies that would later merge into the United Fruit Company colonized the land and started to cultivate bananas in the wide region.

By working closely with the government and terrorizing their workers, the term banana republic has come into popular use.

After some decades, the downfall of the company initiated and completed soon after, partly because of the worldwide recession and the war soon after.