Córdoba Department

Department of Colombia
Department in Caribbean Region, Colombia
Department of Córdoba
Departamento de Córdoba
Department
Flag of Department of Córdoba
Flag
Coat of arms of Department of Córdoba
Coat of arms
Córdoba shown in red
Córdoba shown in red
Topography of the department
Topography of the department
Coordinates: high · 29th of 33
Websitewww.cordoba.gov.co
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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:[4]

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. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Its capital is the city of Montería.

Municipalities

Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns:

Governors of Córdoba

View of Montería from the Sinu river.
Valley of the Sinu river

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.

List first ladies and gentlemen of Córdoba

GOC
No.
 First Lady or Gentlemen Tenure Governor
(Husband or wife, unless noted)
1 January 1, 1991
–
December 31, 1994 		Jorge Manzur
2 María Cristina de la Espriella January 1, 1995
–
December 31, 1997 		Carlos Buelvas
3 January 1, 1998
–
December 31, 2000 		Ángel Villadiego
4 María Victoria Peña January 1, 2001
–
December 31, 2003 		Jesús María López
5 Alicia Jiménez January 1, 2004
–
December 31, 2007 		Libardo José López
6 Jairo Ruiz Chica January 1, 2008
–
December 31, 2011 		Marta Sáenz
7 Johanna Elías Vidal January 1, 2012
–
December 31, 2015 		Alejandro Lyons
8 Roxana Zuleta January 1, 2016
–
December 31, 2019 		Edwin Besaile
9 Marta Ruiz January 1, 2020
–
December 31, 2023 		Orlando Benítez
10 Valeria Vega January 1, 2024
–
present 		Erasmo Zuleta

References

  1. ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. ^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

External links

  • (in Spanish) Government of Cordoba official website
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