Department of Caldas

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Department of Caldas
Departamento de Caldas

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Caldas Coat of arms of the Department of Caldas
Department of Caldas shown in red
Established	1905
Region	Andes Region
Capital	Manizales
Number of Municipalities	27
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Mario Aristizábal Muñoz Partido Liberal
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 28 7,888 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 16 908,841[1] 160/km²
ISO_Code	CO-CAL
Government's Website: www.gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's 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.

Contents 1 Municipalities 2 Districts of Caldas 2.1 Central Southern District 2.2 Lower Western District 2.3 Upper Western District 2.4 Northern District 2.5 Upper Eastern District 2.6 Magdalena Caldense District 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Municipalities

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

[edit] Districts of Caldas

Caldas have 6 Districts:

[edit] Central Southern District

• Manizales (capital)
• Chinchina
• Neira
• Palestina
• Villamaría

[edit] Lower Western District

• Anserma (Capital)
• Belalcazar
• Risaralda
• San José
• Viterbo

[edit] Upper Western District

• Supía (Capital)
• Filadelfia
• La Merced
• Marmato
• Riosucio

[edit] Northern District

• Aguadas
• Aranzazu
• Pacora
• Salamina

[edit] Upper Eastern District

• Manzanares
• Marquetalia
• Marulanda
• Pensilvania

[edit] Magdalena Caldense District

• La Dorada (Capital)
• Norcasia
• Samaná
• Victoria

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Government of Caldas official website

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