Department of Cordoba

Cordoba

Data
Capital	Montería
governor	Edwin José Besaile Fayad (2016–2018, suspended from office)
surface	25,020 km²
Population  (Total)  - 2005 Census  -  Population Density	1,467,929  59 inhabitants / km²
urbanization	46%
Literacy rate	74.3%
Number of parishes	28
Popular name	cordobense / cordobés
Important cities	Cereté , Santa Cruz de Lorica , Sahagun
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Location of Cordoba in Colombia

The Departamento de Córdoba is a department in northwest Colombia . It borders the Atlantic in the north . Otherwise Córdoba is surrounded by the Departamentos de Sucre in the east and Antioquia in the south and west.

The province's economy is based on livestock - especially cattle - and agriculture . The main products are yuca , bananas , corn , beans , sugar cane , sorghum and sesame seeds . The region is also rich in natural resources. Iron and nickel, petroleum, cobalt, gypsum and limestone are mined.

Córdoba shares the Paramillo National Park with Antioquia .

Administrative division

The 30 municipalities of Cordoba are in the list of Municipios in the Department of Cordoba .

See also

• Armed conflict in Colombia
• Nudo de Paramillo

Web links

Commons : Córdoba Department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Werner Marti: In the grip of the new armed gangs in Colombia. Successor organizations to the paramilitary are terrorizing the population in Cordoba. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 29, 2011, accessed September 29, 2011 (Background report on the legacy of the demobilized paramilitary groups in Cordoba).