Achí is a town and municipality of the Bolívar Department

Bolívar Department

Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...

 in northern Colombia

Colombia

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, crossed by the Cauca River

Cauca River

The Cauca River is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. Born in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Pinillos in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea. It has a...

. Was Founded in 1817 and erected municipality in 1934. Has 21 corregimiento

Corregimiento

Corregimiento is a term used in Colombia to define a subdivision of Colombian departments. According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, Corregimiento is an internal part of a Department or province, which includes a population core...

s and 32 veredas.

The municipality of Achí is surrounded by the municipality of Magangué

Magangue

Magangué Magangué is a municipality in the Department of Bolivar in Colombia, located on the banks of the Magdalena River in the North Coast. It is the capital of the southern Department, and is the second most important town....

 to the north; the municipalities of Pinillos

Pinillos

Pinillos is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....

 and Tiquisio

Tiquisio

Tiquisio is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....

 to the east; the municipalities of Montecristo

Montecristo, Bolívar

Montecristo is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....

 and San Jacinto del Cauca

San Jacinto del Cauca

San Jacinto del Cauca is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....

 to the south; and the Córdoba Department

Córdoba Department

Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...

to the west. Its economy is based on agriculture, livestock and fishing.