Santander, Colombie
Santander is a depairtment o Colombie. Santander inheritit the name o ane o the nine oreeginal states o the Unitit States o Colombie. It is locatit in the central northren pairt o the kintra, east o the Magdalena River, bordered tae the sooth an sootheast bi Boyacá, tae the northeast bi Norte de Santander, tae the north bi Cesar, an tae the wast bi Bolivar an Antioquia. Its caipital is the ceety o Bucaramanga.
Depairtment o Santander Departamento de Santander | |
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| Motto(s): Santandereanos siempre adelante (Spaingie: Fowk o Santander aye aheid) | |
| Anthem: Himno de Santander | |
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| Coordinates: 7°8′N 73°0′W / 7.133°N 73.000°W | |
| Kintras |  Colombie |
| Region | Andean Region |
| Established | 13 Mey 1857 |
| Caipital | Bucaramanga |
| Lairgest ceety | Bucaramanga |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Horacio Serpa Uribe (Colombie Leeberal Pairty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30537 km2 (11,790 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 12 |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 2.057.789 |
| • Rank | 6 |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0.00017/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-SAN |
| Provinces | 8 |
| Municipalities | 87 |
| Website | gobernaciondesantander.gov.co |
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The depairtment is subdividit intae provinces:
- Metropolitan Province
- North Soto Province
- Comunera Province
- Guanentá Province
- Vélez Province
- García Rovira Province
- Mares Province
- Carare-Opón Province
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| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Santander, Colombie. |
- (in Spaingie) Govrenment o Santander offeecial wabsteid Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Offeecial wabsteid o Santander Tourism Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
Travel guide tae Santander, Colombie frae Wikivoyage