| Department of Colombia | |||||
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| Motto: Ab Ordine Libertas (Latin: From order comes freedom) |
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| Anthem: Himno de Bolívar | |||||
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| Established | June 15, 1857 | ||||
| Region | Caribbean Region | ||||
| Capital | Cartagena | ||||
| Number of Provinces | 6 | ||||
| Number of Municipalities | 46 | ||||
| Governor - Governor's Political Party |
Joaco Berrio [[]] |
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| Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) |
Ranked 14 25,978 km² km² km² (%) |
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| Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 7 1,860,445[1] 71.61/km² |
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| ISO code | CO-BOL | ||||
| Government's Website: www.bolivar.gov.co |
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Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is in 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 capital is Cartagena, other important cities include Magangue and Turbaco.
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Geography
Administrative divisions
Municipalities
- Achí
- Altos del Rosario
- Arenal del Sur
- Arjona
- Arroyo Hondo
- Barranco de Loba
- Calamar
- Cantagallo, Bolívar
- El Carmen de Bolívar
- Cartagena
- Cicuco
- Clemencia
- Córdoba
- El Guamo
- Hatillo de Loba
- Magangué
- Mahates
- Margarita
- Maria La Baja
- Santa Cruz de Mompox
- Montecristo
- Morales
- Norosí
- El Peñón
- Pinillos
- Regidor
- Rio Viejo
- San Cristobal
- San Estanislao
- San Fernando
- San Jacinto
- San Jacinto del Cauca
- San Juan Nepomuceno
- San Martín de Loba
- San Pablo
- Santa Catalina
- Santa Rosa
- Simiti
- Soplaviento
- Talaiga Nuevo
- Tiquisio
- Turbaco
- Turbana
- Villanueva
- Zambrano
- Santa Rosa del Sur
Miscellaneous
References
- ^ http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/bolivar/bolivar.pdf Population Statistics by DANE
External links
- Bolivar travel guide from Wikitravel
- View a boundary-overlaid version of Bolívar on Google Maps: http://www.maplandia.com/colombia/bolivar/turbana/
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