Córdoba Department
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Departamento de Córdoba | |
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 Flag | |
.svg) Córdoba shown in red | |
 Topography of the department | |
| Coordinates: 8°45′N 75°53′W / 8.750°N 75.883°WCoordinates: 8°45′N 75°53′W / 8.750°N 75.883°W | |
| Country | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean Region |
| Established | June 18, 1952 |
| Capital | Montería |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Orlando Benítez (2020-2024) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,020 km2 (9,660 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 15th |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,784,783 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 71.334/km2 (184.75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-COR |
| Municipalities | 30 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.716[2] high · 29th of 33 |
| Website | www.cordoba.gov.co |
Córdoba Department (Spanish: Departamento de Córdoba) is a department of Colombia. It is located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. The capital is Montería. In 2013, 1,658,090 people lived there.
Municipalities
These municipalities are in the department:
- Ayapel
- Buenavista
- Canalete
- Cereté
- Chimá
- Chinú
- Ciénaga de Oro
- Cotorra
- La Apartada
- Lorica
- Los Córdobas
- Momil
- Moñitos
- Montelíbano
- Montería
- Planeta Rica
- Pueblo Nuevo
- Puerto Escondido
- Puerto Libertador
- Purísima
- Sahagún
- San Andrés de Sotavento
- San Antero
- San Bernardo del Viento
- San Carlos
- San José de Uré
- San Pelayo
- Tierralta
- Tuchín
- Valencia
Córdoba Department Media
View of Montería from the Sinu river.
- Atardecersinuano
References
- ↑ DANE. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ↑ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab (in en). hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
Other websites
- Government of Cordoba official website Archived 2004-08-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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