Caldas

Depairtment o Caldas
Depairtment o Caldas; Departamento de Caldas
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	Caldas shown in red
	Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.1°N 75.55°W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Andes Region
Established	1905
Caipital	Manizales
	Govrenment
- Govrenor	guido echeverry (Partido Liberal)
	Aurie
- Tot	7,888 km2 (3,045.6 sq mi)
Aurie rank	28
	Indwallers (2005)
- Tot	908,841
- Rank	16
- Densitie	115.2/km2 (298.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAL
Provinces
Municipalities	27
Wabsteid	gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas is a depairtment o Colombie namit efter Colombie patriotic figur Francisco José de Caldas. It's pairt o the Paisa Region an its caipital is Manizales. The population o Caldas is 1,030,062, an its aurie is 7,291 km². Caldas is pairt o the Colombie Coffee-Growers Axis region alang wi the Risaralda an Quindío depairtments an aw.

Caldas experiences severe inequality an a heich level o poverty (57.1%).^[2] Health care is a major issue an aw, wi 12.5% infant mortality, heich levels o HIV/AIDS, heich levels o malnutrition, an hazardous livin conditions.^[3]