Bolívar Department

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Department of Bolívar
Departamento de Bolívar

Department of Colombia
Image:Flag of Bolívar.svg Image:Logobolivarcolombia.jpg Flag of the Department of Bolívar Coat of arms of the Department of Bolívar
Motto: Ab Ordine Libertas (Latin: From order comes freedom)
Anthem: Himno de Bolívar
Image:Republic of Colombia - Bolivar.png Bolívar shown in red
Established	June 15, 1857
Region	Caribbean Region
Capital	Cartagena
Number of Provinces	6
Number of Municipalities	45
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Libardo Simancas Torres Colombian Liberal Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 14 25,978 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 7 1,860,445[1] 71.61/km²
ISO_Code	CO-BOL
Government's 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 in 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.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Administrative divisions 1.1.1 Municipalities 2 Miscellaneous 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Administrative divisions

[edit] 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. El Peñón
24. Pinillos
25. Regidor
26. Rio Viejo
27. San Cristobal
28. San Estanislao
29. San Fernando
30. San Jacinto
31. San Jacinto del Cauca
32. San Juan Nepomuceno
33. San Martín de Loba
34. San Pablo
35. Santa Catalina
36. Santa Rosa
37. Simiti
38. Soplaviento
39. Talaiga Nuevo
40. Tiquisio
41. Turbaco
42. Turbana
43. Villanueva
44. Zambrano
45. Santa Rosa del Sur

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Postage stamps of Bolívar

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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