Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. Its 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. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Magdalena. ... Image File history File links Dept_Magdalena. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... Image File history File links Magdalena,_Colombia_(localización). ... The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Caribbean Region The Caribbean Region or Caribbean Coast Region, is a regional sub-division of Colombia, composed of eight Departments located inside or around the Caribbean sea area pertaining to the country. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ... This article is about the Colombian city. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Politics of Colombia Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Colombian political parties | Liberal parties ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... List of Colombian Departments by area details the Departments of Colombia by their area. ... Shops next to Monserrate Church Universidas de los Andes, Bogotá Cali Fair Fieste de las Flores, Medellin Villagers in Otún Metropolitano Stadium in Barranquilla List of Colombian Departments by population details population of the Departments of Colombia according to a general census taken on 2005 by the Departamento Administrativo... ISO 3166-2 codes for Colombia cover the 32 Departments of Colombia (3 digit) and the capital territory (2 digit). ... A department is geographic area of a centralized country which functions as an administrative unit. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean A Caribbean beach in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. ... This article is about the Colombian city. ... Map of the Magdalena River watershed. ... In 1858 the country adopted the name Grenadine Confederation which was changed in 1863 to United States of Colombia by the Rionegro Constitution. ...
Aracataca, located in the department of Magdalena in northern Colombia, is a river town, founded in 1885. ... Ariguanà is a municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Cerro San Antonio is a town and muncipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Chibolo (sometimes spelled Chivolo) is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Location in the Department of Magdalena. ... El Banco is a Colombian Municipality located in the southern part of the Department of Magdalena. ... El Piñón is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Fundación is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Guamal is a municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... Pedraza is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. ... This article is about the Colombian city. ...
The principal tributaries of the Magdalena are the Suaza, Neiva, Cabrera, Prado, Fusagasaga, Funza or Bogota, Carare, Opon, Sogamoso, Lebrija and Cesar, and the western the La Plata, Paez, SaldaIia, Cuello, Guali, Samana or Mid, Nare or Negro and Cauca.
Between the mouth of the Magdalena and Santa Marta is the Cinaga de Santa Marta, a large marshy lagoon separated from the sea by a narrow sand spit, having its boca or outlet at its eastern side.
The president is authorized to appoint the governors of departments, the intendants of territories, the judges of the supreme and superior courts, and the diplomatic representatives of the republic.
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