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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.
Department of Córdoba
Departamento de Córdoba | |
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![]() Córdoba shown in red | |
![]() Topography of the department | |
Coordinates: 8°45′N 75°53′W | |
Country | ![]() |
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/km2 (180/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 |
These municipalities are in the department:
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