Córdoba Department

Department of Córdoba
Departamento de Córdoba
Department

Flag
Coat of arms

Córdoba shown in red

Topography of the department
Coordinates: 8°45′N 75°53′W / 8.750°N 75.883°W / 8.750; -75.883Coordinates: 8°45′N 75°53′W / 8.750°N 75.883°W / 8.750; -75.883
Country  Colombia
Region Caribbean Region
Established June 18, 1952
Capital Montería
Government
 • Governor Edwin Jose Besaile Fayad (2016-2019)
Area
 • Total 25,020 km2 (9,660 sq mi)
Area rank 15th
Population (2013)[1]
 • Total 1,658,090
 • Rank 9th
 • Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-05
ISO 3166 code CO-COR
Municipalities 30
Website www.cordoba.gov.co

Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department. Its capital is the city of Montería and it is home to the waterfalls, Cascadas del Rio Verde.[2]

Municipalities

Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns:

Governors of Córdoba

View of Montería from the Sinu river.
Valley of the Sinu river

The Congress of Colombia approved by Law 9 December 17, 1951 which created the Department of Córdoba and later sanctioned by the then President of Colombia Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, but only came into effect six months later.

According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 the executive power for this region will be vested in a single individual elected by popular vote (starting from 1991, governors were previously appointed by the President of Colombia) and will be called Governor of the Córdoba Department.

  1. Remberto Burgos Puche (President Organizational Committee) June 18, 1952 to August 22, 1952
  2. Manuel Antonio Buelvas Cabrales August 23, 1952 to October 7, 1953
  3. Miguel García Sánchez October 8, 1953 to May 10, 1957
  4. Eusebio Cabrales Pineda May 10, 1957 to January 17, 1958
  5. Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas January 18, 1958 to September 5, 1958
  6. José Jiménez Altamiranda September 6, 1958 July 14, 1960
  7. Remberto Burgos Puche July 15, 1960 to October 6, 1962
  8. José Miguel Amín Araque October 6, 1962 to March 14, 1963
  9. Germán Bula Hoyos March 15, 1963 to October 4. 1964
  10. Ramón Berrocal Failach October 4, 1964 to August 25, 1966
  11. Amaury García Burgos August 26, 1966 to September 4, 1968
  12. Alfonso Ordosgoitia Yarzagaray September 5, 1968 to March 13, 1969
  13. Álvaro Sotomayor Macea March 14, 1969 to November 2, 1969
  14. Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas November 3, 1969 to August 31, 1970
  15. Amaury García Burgos August 31, 1970 to July 12, 1971
  16. Germán Bula Hoyos July 12, 1971 to May 25, 1972
  17. Donaldo Cabrales Anaya May 26, 1972 to August 15, 1974
  18. Casio Obregón Nieto August 16, 1974 to March 13, 1975
  19. Néstor Padrón Guzmán March 14, 1975 to November 7, 1975
  20. José María Cabrales November 7, 1975 to January 25, 1977
  21. Libardo López Gómez January 25, 1977 to October 27, 1977
  22. Ramón Martínez Vallejo October 28, 1977 to August 25, 1978
  23. Alfonso De la Espriella Espinosa August 25, 1978 to June 6, 1980
  24. Camilo Jiménez Villalba June 6, 1980 to March 25, 1981
  25. Gastón Berrocal Canabal March 25, 1981 to July 27, 1981
  26. Simón Gómez Villadiego July 28, 1981 to September 3, 1981 (Interim)
  27. Ramiro Sánchez Kerguelén September 4, 1981 to August 26, 1982
  28. Julio César Zapateiro Rodríguez August 27, 1982 to August 9, 1984
  29. Camilo Jiménez Villalba August 10, 1984 to January 28, 1985
  30. Fernando Salas Calle January 29, 1985 to August 21, 1986
  31. Héctor Lorduy Rodríguez August 22, 1986 to June 17, 1987
  32. José Gabriel Amín Manzur June 18, 1987 to January 10, 1990
  33. Raúl Quintero Lyons January 4, 1989 to January 15, 1989 (Interim)
  34. Fredy Sánchez Arteaga January 11, 1990 to August 22, 1990
  35. Jorge Ramón Elías Náder August 23, 1990 to June 11, 1991
  36. Carlos Henao Gallo June 12, 1991 to July 30, 1991 (Interim)
  37. Luciano Lepesquer Gossaín 30 de julio de 1991 a 31 de diciembre de 1991
  38. Jorge Manzur Jattin January 1, 1992 to January 19, 1994 (First popularly elected governor)
  39. Javier Jiménez Amín January 20, 1994 to October 10, 1994 (Interim); October 11, 1994 to December 31, 1994
  40. Carlos Buelvas Aldana January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1997
  41. Ángel Villadiego Hernández January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2000
  42. Jesús María López Gómez January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003
  43. Libardo José López Cabrales January 1, 2004 to April 17, 2006
  44. Jaime Torralvo Suárez April 17, 2006 to June 22, 2006
  45. Libardo José López Cabrales June 22, 2006 to December 31, 2007
  46. Marta del Socorro Sáenz Correa January 1, 2008

References

  1. ↑ "DANE". Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Inicio". www.cascadasdelrioverde.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

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