Córdoba Department
Córdoba Department (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾðoβa], Spanish: Departamento de 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. Its capital is the city of Montería.
Department of Córdoba Departamento de Córdoba | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
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 | Edwin Jose Besaile Fayad (2016-2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 25,020 km2 (9,660 sq mi) |
Area 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 (2017) | 0.698[2] medium · 27th |
Website | www.cordoba.gov.co |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1973 | 649,462 | — |
1985 | 1,013,247 | +56.0% |
1993 | 1,275,623 | +25.9% |
2005 | 1,467,929 | +15.1% |
2018 | 1,784,783 | +21.6% |
Source:[3] |
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 December 17, 1951 which created the Department of Córdoba and later sanctioned by the then President of Colombia Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, but only came into effect six months later.
According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 the executive power for this region will be vested in a single individual elected by popular vote (starting from 1991, governors were previously appointed by the President of Colombia) and will be called Governor of the Córdoba Department.
- Remberto Burgos Puche (President Organizational Committee) June 18, 1952, to August 22, 1952
- Manuel Antonio Buelvas Cabrales August 23, 1952, to October 7, 1953
- Miguel García Sánchez October 8, 1953, to May 10, 1957
- Eusebio Cabrales Pineda May 10, 1957, to January 17, 1958
- Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas January 18, 1958, to September 5, 1958
- José Jiménez Altamiranda September 6, 1958, to July 14, 1960
- Remberto Burgos Puche July 15, 1960, to October 6, 1962
- José Miguel Amín Araque October 6, 1962, to March 14, 1963
- Germán Bula Hoyos March 15, 1963, to October 4. 1964
- Ramón Berrocal Failach October 4, 1964, to August 25, 1966
- Amaury García Burgos August 26, 1966, to September 4, 1968
- Alfonso Ordosgoitia Yarzagaray September 5, 1968, to March 13, 1969
- Álvaro Sotomayor Macea March 14, 1969, to November 2, 1969
- Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas November 3, 1969, to August 31, 1970
- Amaury García Burgos August 31, 1970, to July 12, 1971
- Germán Bula Hoyos July 12, 1971, to May 25, 1972
- Donaldo Cabrales Anaya May 26, 1972, to August 15, 1974
- Casio Obregón Nieto August 16, 1974, to March 13, 1975
- Néstor Padrón Guzmán March 14, 1975, to November 7, 1975
- José María Cabrales November 7, 1975, to January 25, 1977
- Libardo López Gómez January 25, 1977, to October 27, 1977
- Ramón Martínez Vallejo October 28, 1977, to August 25, 1978
- Alfonso De la Espriella Espinosa August 25, 1978, to June 6, 1980
- Camilo Jiménez Villalba June 6, 1980, to March 25, 1981
- Gastón Berrocal Canabal March 25, 1981, to July 27, 1981
- Simón Gómez Villadiego July 28, 1981, to September 3, 1981 (Interim)
- Ramiro Sánchez Kerguelén September 4, 1981, to August 26, 1982
- Julio César Zapateiro Rodríguez August 27, 1982, to August 9, 1984
- Camilo Jiménez Villalba August 10, 1984, to January 28, 1985
- Fernando Salas Calle January 29, 1985, to August 21, 1986
- Héctor Lorduy Rodríguez August 22, 1986, to June 17, 1987
- José Gabriel Amín Manzur June 18, 1987, to January 10, 1990
- Raúl Quintero Lyons January 4, 1989, to January 15, 1989 (Interim)
- Fredy Sánchez Arteaga January 11, 1990, to August 22, 1990
- Jorge Ramón Elías Náder August 23, 1990, to June 11, 1991
- Carlos Henao Gallo June 12, 1991, to July 30, 1991 (Interim)
- Luciano Lepesquer Gossaín 30 de julio de 1991 a 31 de diciembre de 1991
- Jorge Manzur Jattin January 1, 1992, to January 19, 1994 (First popularly elected governor)
- Javier Jiménez Amín January 20, 1994, to October 10, 1994 (Interim); October 11, 1994, to December 31, 1994
- Carlos Buelvas Aldana January 1, 1995, to December 31, 1997
- Ángel Villadiego Hernández January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2000
- Jesús María López Gómez January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003
- Libardo José López Cabrales January 1, 2004, to April 17, 2006
- Jaime Torralvo Suárez April 17, 2006, to June 22, 2006
- Libardo José López Cabrales June 22, 2006, to December 31, 2007
- Marta del Socorro Sáenz Correa January 1, 2008
References
- "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
External links
- (in Spanish) Government of Cordoba official website
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