Caldas Department

Department of Colombia

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Department in Andean Region, Colombia

Department of Caldas

Departamento de Caldas

Department

The Nevado del Ruiz in July 2007

Flag

Coat of arms

Caldas shown in red

Topography of the department

Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W﻿ / ﻿5.100°N 75.550°W﻿ / 5.100; -75.550
Country|  Colombia
Region| Andean Region
Department| 1905
Capital| Manizales
Government

• Governor| Henry Gutiérrez Ángel (2024-2027)
Area

• Total

| 7,888 km2 (3,046 sq mi)
• Rank| 28th
Population

(2018)[1]

• Total

| 998,255
• Rank| 17th
• Density| 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
GDP

[2]

• Total| COP 23,953 billion
(US$ 5.6 billion)
Time zone| UTC-05
ISO 3166 code| CO-CAL
Municipalities| 27
HDI| 0.769[3]
high · 6th of 33
Website| gobernaciondecaldas.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 998,255, 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, which were politically separated from Caldas in 1966.

## Subdivisions

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### Municipalities

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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

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Caldas has 6 districts.

## Dams

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The Miel I Dam is situated in Caldas.[4]

## Demography

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1938 | 769,968| —
1951 | 1,067,324| +38.6%
1964 | 712,916| −33.2%
1973 | 698,042| −2.1%
1985 | 883,024| +26.5%
1993 | 1,030,062| +16.7%
2005 | 968,740| −6.0%
2018 | 998,255| +3.0%
Source:[5]

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

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1. ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
2. ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. ^ Ingetec.com.co Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caldas Department.

* Government of Caldas official website (in Spanish)

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Caldas Department

Capital: Manizales

Districts
and
municipalities|

| Central Southern|

* Manizales
* Chinchiná
* Neira
* Palestina
* Villamaría

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Lower Western|

* Anserma
* Belalcázar
* Risaralda
* San José
* Viterbo

Upper Western|

* Supía
* Filadelfia
* La Merced
* Marmato
* Riosucio

Northern|

* Aguadas
* Aranzazu
* Pácora
* Salamina

Upper Eastern|

* Manzanares
* Marquetalia
* Marulanda
* Pensilvania

Magdalena Caldense|

* La Dorada
* Norcasia
* Samaná
* Victoria

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Departments of Colombia

Amazonas
Antioquia
Arauca
Atlántico
Bolívar
Boyacá

Caldas
Caquetá
Casanare
Cauca
Cesar
Chocó

Córdoba
Cundinamarca
Guainía
Guaviare
Huila
La Guajira

Magdalena
Meta
Nariño
N. Santander
Putumayo
Quindío

Risaralda
San Andrés
Santander
Sucre
Tolima
Valle del Cauca

Vaupés
Vichada

Capital district:
Bogotá

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