Bolívar, Colombie
Bolívar is a depairtment o Colombie. It wis namit efter ane o the oreeginal nine states o the Unitit States o Colombie. It is locatit tae the north o the kintra, extendin roughly north-sooth frae the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near the mooth o the Magdalena River, then sooth alang the river tae a border wi Antioquia Depairtment. The depairtments o Sucre an Córdoba are locatit tae the wast, an Atlántico Department is tae the north an east (maist o the border formit bi the Canal del Dique). Athort the Magdalena River tae the east is Magdalena Depairtment.
Depairtment o Bolívar Departamento de Bolívar | |
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Motto(s): Ab Ordine Libertas (Laitin: Frae order comes freedom) | |
Anthem: Himno de Bolívar | |
Bolívar shown in red | |
Coordinates: 10°24′N 75°30′W / 10.400°N 75.500°W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Region | Caribbean Region |
Established | 15 Juin 1857 |
Caipital | Cartagena |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Alberto Bernal (2010-) |
Area | |
• Total | 25978 km2 (10,030 sq mi) |
Area rank | 14 |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 1,860,445 |
• Rank | 7 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-05 |
ISO 3166 code | CO-BOL |
Provinces | 6 |
Municipalities | 46 |
Website | www.bolivar.gov.co |
Its caipital is Cartagena, ither important ceeties include Magangué an Turbaco.
Geografoe
eeditAdmeenistrative diveesions
eeditMunicipalities
eedit- 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
- María La Baja
- Santa Cruz de Mompox
- Montecristo
- Morales
- Norosí
- El Peñón
- Pinillos
- Regidor
- Rio Viejo
- San Cristóbal
- San Estanislao
- San Fernando
- San Jacinto
- San Jacinto del Cauca
- San Juan Nepomuceno
- San Martín de Loba
- San Pablo
- Santa Catalina
- Santa Rosa
- Simití
- Soplaviento
- Talaiga Nuevo
- Tiquisio
- Turbaco
- Turbana
- Villanueva
- Zambrano
- Santa Rosa del Sur
Miscellaneous
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/bolivar/bolivar.pdf Population Statistics by DANE
Freemit airtins
eedit- Travel guide tae Bolívar, Colombie frae Wikivoyage
- View a boundary-overlaid version of Bolívar on Google Maps: http://www.maplandia.com/colombia/bolivar/turbana/
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