Santander, Colombie

Depairtment o Santander Departamento de Santander
—  Depairtment  —
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: Santandereanos siempre adelante (Spanish: People of Santander always ahead)
Anthem: Himno de Santander
Santander shown in red
Coordinates: 7°8′N 73°0′W
Kintras	Colombie
Region	Andes Region
Established	13 Mey 1857
Caipital	Bucaramanga
Lairgest ceety	Bucaramanga
Govrenment
- Govrenor	Horacio Serpa Uribe (Colombie Leeberal Pairty)
Aurie
- Tot	30,537 km2 (11,790.4 sq mi)
Aurie rank	12
Indwallers (2005)
- Tot	2.057.789
- Rank	6
- Densitie	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-SAN
Provinces	8
Municipalities	87
Wabsteid	gobernaciondesantander.gov.co

Santander is a depairtment o Colombie. Santander inheritit the name o ane o the nine oreeginal states o the Unitit States o Colombie. It is locatit in the central northren pairt o the kintra, east o the Magdalena River, bordered tae the sooth an sootheast bi Boyacá, tae the northeast bi Norte de Santander, tae the north bi Cesar, an tae the wast bi Bolivar an Antioquia. Its caipital is the ceety o Bucaramanga.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Provinces

The depairtment is subdividit intae provinces:

• Metropolitan Province
• North Soto Province
• Comunera Province
• Guanentá Province
• Vélez Province
• García Rovira Province
• Mares Province
• Carare-Opón Province

Municipalities

Aguada Albania Aratoca Barbosa Barichara Barrancabermeja Betulia Bolívar Bucaramanga Cabrera California Capitanejo Carcasi Cepita Cerrito Charala Charta Chima Chipata Cimitarra Concepción Confines Contratación

Coromoro Curiti El Carmen El Guacamayo El Peñón El Playón Encino Enciso Florián Floridablanca Galan Gambita Girón Guaca Guadalupe Guapota Guavata Guepsa Hato Jesus María Jordan La Belleza Landazuri

La Paz Lebrija Los Santos Macaravita Málaga Matanza Mogotes Molagavita Ocamonte Oiba Onzaga Palmar Palmas Socorro Paramo Piedecuesta Pinchote Puente Nacional Puerto Parra Puerto Wilches Rionegro Sabana de Torres San Andrés San Benito

San Gil San Joaquín San José Miranda San Miguel Santa Bárbara Santa Helena del Opón San Vicente de Chucurí Simacota Socorro Suaita Sucre Surata Tona Valle San José Vélez Vetas Villanueva Zapatoca

See an aw

• Postage stamps an postal history o Santander

Freemit airtins

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