Bolívar, Colombie

Depairtment o Bolívar
Depairtment o Bolívar; Departamento de Bolívar
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	Motto: Ab Ordine Libertas; (Laitin: Frae order comes freedom)
	Anthem: Himno de Bolívar
	Bolívar shown in red
	Coordinates: 10°24′N 75°30′W / 10.4°N 75.5°W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Caribbean Region
Established	15 Juin 1857
Caipital	Cartagena
	Govrenment
- Govrenor	Alberto Bernal (2010-)
	Aurie
- Tot	25,978 km2 (10,030.2 sq mi)
Aurie rank	14
	Indwallers (2005)
- Tot	1,860,445
- Rank	7
- Densitie	71.6/km2 (185.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-BOL
Provinces	6
Municipalities	46
Wabsteid	www.bolivar.gov.co

Bolívar is a depairtment o Colombie. It wis namit efter ane o the oreeginal nine states o the Unitit States o Colombie. It is locatit tae the north o the kintra, extendin roughly north-sooth frae the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near the mooth o the Magdalena River, then sooth alang the river tae a border wi Antioquia Depairtment. The depairtments o Sucre an Córdoba are locatit tae the wast, an Atlántico Department is tae the north an east (maist o the border formit bi the Canal del Dique). Athort the Magdalena River tae the east is Magdalena Depairtment.

Its caipital is Cartagena, ither important ceeties include Magangué an Turbaco.

Accordin tae press reports, the Caribbean Bloc o the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Airmit Forces o Colombie) controls several o the depairtment's gowd mines an manages 48.000 hectares o land through figureheids.^[2]

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