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Montelíbano
Montelíbano is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department of Colombia. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Montelíbano. Montelíbano is host of one of the largest ferronickel mines, the Cerro Matoso mine The Cerro Matoso mine in northwest of Colombia is one of the largest open-pit ferronickel mines in the world. and the largest mine of South America,Óscar Guesguán SerpEl dictamen de Medicina Legal en el caso Cerro Matoso.El Espectador (Bogotá .... The Company Cerro Matoso S.A. operates the mine site, as well as the associated smelter. References Gobernacion de Cordoba - MontelíbanoMontelíbano official website Municipalities of Córdoba Department {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Montelíbano
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montelíbano ( la, Monslibanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Montelíbano in the ecclesiastical province of Cartagena in Colombia. It has 38 priests and 31 religious. History * 12 June 1924: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena * 12 January 1931 Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Sinú-San Jorge * 10 March 19500: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Jorge * 25 April 1969: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Alto Sinú * 29 December 1998: Promoted as Diocese of Montelíbano Leadership, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of Montelíbano (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur (2020.03.04 - ) ** Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (2012.02.02 - 2018.05.19), appointed Archbishop of Popayán ** Bishop Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil (2002.10.28 – 2010.05.24), appointed Bishop of Palmira ** Bishop Julio César Vidal Ortiz (1998.12.29 – 2001.10.31), appointed Bishop of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Matoso Mine
The Cerro Matoso mine in northwest of Colombia is one of the largest open-pit ferronickel mines in the world. and the largest mine of South America,Óscar Guesguán SerpEl dictamen de Medicina Legal en el caso Cerro Matoso.El Espectador (Bogotá). March 11, 2017; accessed 8 June 2018 containing the largest nickel reserve in Colombia. It is operated by Cerro Matoso S.A., a company that was owned by Anglo-Australian multinational BHP between 1980 and 2015, and since then is owned by South32. There have been allegations that the mine's operations have caused heavy metal pollution affecting especially local indigenous Zenu and Afro-Descendant residents. These allegations have been rejected by Cerro Matoso on the basis of the available scientific and medical evidence. In March 2018 a Review Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Colombia ordered Cerro Matoso to pay damages to local communities. This decision was reversed partially in September 2018 by the Plenary Chamber of the Consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Colombia
Colombia is a unitary state, unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ''departamento'') and a Capital District (''Capital districts and territories, Distrito Capital''). Each department has a governor (''gobernador'') and an Assembly (''Asamblea Departamental''), elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods. Departments are administrative division, country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy. Departments are formed by a grouping of municipalities of Colombia, municipalities (''municipios'', sing. ''municipio''). Municipal government is headed by mayor (''alcalde'') and administered by a municipal council (''concejo municipal''), both of which are elected for four-year periods. Some departments have subdivisions above the level of municipalities, commonly known as provinces of Colombia, provinces. Chart of departments Each one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba Department
Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cordoba may also refer to: Places Argentina * Córdoba Province, Argentina Colombia * Córdoba Department * Córdoba, Quindío * Córdoba, Bolívar * Córdoba, Nariño * Córdoba (wetland), a wetland of Bogota Mexico * Córdoba, Veracruz Spain * Province of Córdoba (Spain), of which Córdoba is the capital of ** Córdoba (Spanish Congress electoral district), the electoral district representing the province * Córdoba (Vino de la Tierra), a wine-producing region in Spain *Kingdom of Córdoba, historical territorial jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile Historical Islamic states * Emirate of Córdoba, 756–929 * Caliphate of Córdoba, 929–1031 * Taifa of Córdoba, 11th century Venezuela * Córdoba Municipality, Táchira, a municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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