Córdoba Department

Córdoba (, Departamento de 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. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Its capital is the city of Montería.

Municipalities
Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns:


 * 1) Ayapel
 * 2) Buenavista
 * 3) Canalete
 * 4) Cereté
 * 5) Chimá
 * 6) Chinú
 * 7) Ciénaga de Oro
 * 8) Cotorra
 * 9) La Apartada
 * 10) Lorica
 * 11) Los Córdobas
 * 12) Momil
 * 13) Moñitos
 * 14) Montelíbano
 * 15) Montería
 * 16) Planeta Rica
 * 17) Pueblo Nuevo
 * 18) Puerto Escondido
 * 19) Puerto Libertador
 * 20) Purísima
 * 21) Sahagún
 * 22) San Andrés de Sotavento
 * 23) San Antero
 * 24) San Bernardo del Viento
 * 25) San Carlos
 * 26) San José de Uré
 * 27) San Pelayo
 * 28) Tierralta
 * 29) Tuchín
 * 30) Valencia

Governors of Córdoba


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.