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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. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Its capital is the city of Montería. Municipalities Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns: # 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 Governors of Córdoba The Congress of Colombia approved by Law 9 D ...
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Departments Of Colombia
Colombia is a unitary state, unitary republic made up of thirty-two administrative divisions referred to as departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ) and one Capital District (''Capital districts and territories, Distrito Capital''). Departments are administrative division, country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy. 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 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 by popular vote for four-year periods. Internal subdivisions within departments The current borders and number of the departments of Colombia was finally se ...
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Santa Cruz De Lorica
Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... Lorica was named a '' Pueblo Patrimonio'' (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the ''Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio'' original cohort. As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer. Climate References Gobernacion de Cordoba - Santa Cruz de LoricaSanta Cruz de Lorica official website Municipalities of Córdoba Department {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ...
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La Apartada
La Apartada () is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... According to 2020 estimates, the population of La Apartada was 13,742, with a population density of 57 persons per square kilometer. References Gobernacion de Cordoba - La ApartadaLa Apartada official website {{coord, 8.10056, N, 75.3825, W, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Municipalities of Córdoba Department ...
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Cotorra
Cotorra is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. According to 2018 estimates, the population of Cotorra was 16,215, with a population density of 180 persons per square kilometer. See also * Cotora References Gobernacion de Cordoba - Cotorra {{coord, 9.05, N, 75.8, W, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...
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Ciénaga De Oro
Ciénaga de Oro () meaning "Golden Marsh", is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. According to 2020 estimates, the population of Ciénaga de Oro was 60,521, with a population density of 94 persons per square kilometer. Ciénaga de Oro is the birthplace of Colombian president Gustavo Petro Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (; born 19 April 1960) is a Colombian politician who is the 34th and current president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the Pink tide, first left-wing president in the History of Colombia, recen .... Climate References Cordoba {{DEFAULTSORT:Cienaga De Oro ...
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Chinú
Chinú is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... According to 2020 estimates, the population of Chinú was 50,743, with a population density of 81 persons per square kilometer. References * Cordoba {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ...
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Chimá
Chimá is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... According to 2018 estimates, the population of Chimá was 13,492, with a population density of 40 persons per square kilometer. Climate References Gobernacion de Cordoba - ChimáChimá official website Cordoba {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ...
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Cereté
Cereté is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. According to 2020 estimates, the population of Cereté town and municipality was 108,409. Name origin Cereté comes from the two indigenous words meaning Chere (fish) and te (shelter). History Cereté is one of the oldest administrative divisions in the Sinú Region, founded in 1721 by Spanish Francisco Velásquez and Cristóbal Jiménez de León. In 1731 the curate of Cereté-Mocarí was given to jesuits who were in the process of evangelizing local indigenous peoples. The settlement of Cereté was not officially established until 1740 when Juan de Torrezal Díaz Pimienta reorganized the settlement into a village. Geography and climate The municipality of Cereté borders to the north with the municipality of San Pelayo, the municipalities of Ciénaga de Oro and San Carlos to the east, the municipalities of San Carlos and Montería to the south and to the west again with the mu ...
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Canalete
Canalete is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... According to 2018 estimates, the population of Canalete was 14,831. References Gobernacion de Cordoba - CanaleteCanalete official website region pujante de Colombia Cordoba {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ...
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Buenavista, Córdoba
Buenavista is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... According to 2018 estimates, the population of Buenavista was 18,344. References Gobernacion de Cordoba - BuenavistaBuenavista official website Cordoba {{Córdoba-Colombia-geo-stub ...
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Ayapel
Ayapel is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... Ayapel is a Colombian municipality located in the far eastern department of Cordoba and bathed by the waters of San Jorge and Ayapel swamp. Bounded on the north by San Marcos, San Benito Abad, and Majagual, on the east by Guaranda and Achi, on the west by Buenavista and Montelibano, Pueblo Nuevo and south to the department of Antioquia. According to 2020 estimates, the population of Ayapel was 47,247. Climate References Gobernacion de Cordoba - AyapelAyapel official website {{coord, 8, 19, N, 75, 09, W, region:CO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Córdoba ...
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