Bolívar Department

Department of Bolívar Departamento de Bolívar
—  Department  —
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Ab Ordine Libertas (Latin: From order comes freedom)
Anthem: Himno de Bolívar
Bolívar shown in red
Coordinates: 10°24′N 75°30′W / 10.4°N 75.5°W / 10.4; -75.5Coordinates: 10°24′N 75°30′W / 10.4°N 75.5°W / 10.4; -75.5
Country	Colombia
Region	Caribbean Region
Established	June 15, 1857
Capital	Cartagena
Government
– Governor	Alberto Bernal (2010-)
Area
– Total	25,978 km2 (10,030.2 sq mi)
Area rank	14
Population (2005)[1]
– Total	1,860,445
– Rank	7
– Density	71.6/km2 (185.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-BOL
Provinces	6
Municipalities	46
Website	www.bolivar.gov.co

Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.

Its capital is Cartagena, other important cities include Magangue and Turbaco.

According to press reports, the Caribbean Bloc of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) controls several of the department's gold mines and manages 48.000 hectares of land through figureheads.^[2]

Geography

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

1. Achí
2. Altos del Rosario
3. Arenal del Sur
4. Arjona
5. Arroyo Hondo
6. Barranco de Loba
7. Calamar
8. Cantagallo, Bolívar
9. El Carmen de Bolívar
10. Cartagena
11. Cicuco
12. Clemencia
13. Córdoba
14. El Guamo
15. Hatillo de Loba
16. Magangué
17. Mahates
18. Margarita
19. Maria La Baja
20. Santa Cruz de Mompox
21. Montecristo
22. Morales
23. Norosí
24. El Peñón
25. Pinillos
26. Regidor
27. Rio Viejo
28. San Cristobal
29. San Estanislao
30. San Fernando
31. San Jacinto
32. San Jacinto del Cauca
33. San Juan Nepomuceno
34. San Martín de Loba
35. San Pablo
36. Santa Catalina
37. Santa Rosa
38. Simiti
39. Soplaviento
40. Talaiga Nuevo
41. Tiquisio
42. Turbaco
43. Turbana
44. Villanueva
45. Zambrano
46. Santa Rosa del Sur

Miscellaneous

• Postage stamps of Bolívar

References

1. ^ http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/bolivar/bolivar.pdf Population Statistics by DANE
2. ^ http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12943-farc-controls-15-gold-mines.html

External links

• Bolivar travel guide from Wikitravel
• View a boundary-overlaid version of Bolívar on Google Maps: http://www.maplandia.com/colombia/bolivar/turbana/