Caldas Department

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Department of Caldas

Departamento de Caldas
Department
Flag of Department of Caldas
Flag		Coat of arms of Department of Caldas
Coat of arms
Caldas shown in red
Caldas shown in red
Topography of the department
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.100°N 75.550°W / 5.100; -75.550Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.100°N 75.550°W / 5.100; -75.550
Country Colombia
RegionAndean Region
Established1905
CapitalManizales
Government
 • GovernorGuido Echeverri Piedrahita (2016-2019)
Area
 • Total7,888 km2 (3,046 sq mi)
Area rank28th
Population
(2013)[1]
 • Total984,128
 • Rank17th
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-05
ISO 3166 codeCO-CAL
Municipalities27
HDI (2017)0.761[2]
high · 6th
Websitegobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaldas]) is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It is part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km². Caldas is also part of the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region along with the Risaralda and Quindio departments.

Subdivisions[edit]

Municipalities[edit]

  1. Aguadas
  2. Anserma
  3. Aranzazu
  4. Belalcázar
  5. Chinchiná
  6. Filadelfia
  7. La Dorada
  8. La Merced
  9. Manizales
  10. Manzanares
  11. Marmato
  12. Marquetalia
  13. Marulanda
  14. Neira
  15. Norcasia
  16. Pácora
  17. Palestina
  18. Pensilvania
  19. Riosucio
  20. Risaralda
  21. Salamina
  22. Samaná
  23. San José
  24. Supía
  25. Victoria
  26. Villamaría
  27. Viterbo

Districts[edit]

Main article: Districts of Caldas Department

Caldas has 6 districts.

Dams[edit]

In Caldas is the Miel I Dam.[3]

Demography[edit]

The population of Caldas is 984,128 (2013), half of whom live in Manizales.. The racial composition is:

  • White / Mestizo (93.16%)
  • Amerindian or Indigenous (4.29%)
  • Black or Afro-Colombian (2.54%)

The local inhabitants of Caldas are known as caldenses. Of the five main regional groups in Colombia, the predominant group in Caldas are known as paisa, referring to those living in the Paisa region, which covers most of Antioquia, as well as the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ Ingetec.com.co Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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