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Magdalena Department
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Department of Magdalena
Departamento del Magdalena | |
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 Coffee farms in the Sierra Nevada | |
| Motto(s): Liderazgo, Seguridad y Transparencia (Spanish: Leadership, Security and Transparency) | |
| Anthem: Himno del Magdalena | |
.svg) Magdalena shown in red | |
 Topography of the department | |
| Coordinates: 11°14′31″N 74°12′19″W / 11.24194°N 74.20528°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean Region |
| Established | 25 July 1824 |
| Capital | Santa Marta |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Carlos Caceido |
| • Legislature | Assembly of Magdalena |
| Area | |
• Total | 23,188 km2 (8,953 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 1,341,746 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | COP 19,738 billion (US$ 4.6 billion) |
| Time zone | UTC-05 |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-MAG |
| Municipalities | 31 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.726[5] high · 22nd of 33 |
| Website | www.gobmagdalena.gov.co |
Magdalena (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena]) is a department of Colombia with more than 1.3 million people, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River. It inherited the name of one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia that its current territory integrated.
- ^ "Nuestro departamento: Información general: Geografía". Gobernación del Magdalena. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012.
- ^ Kline, Harvey F. (2012). "Magdalena, Department of". Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
- ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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