Department of Bolívar

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Department of Bolívar
Departamento de Bolívar

Department of Colombia
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
Bolívar shown in red
Established	June 15, 1857
Region	Caribbean Region
Capital	Cartagena
Number of Provinces	6
Number of Municipalities	46
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. 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

[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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