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Depairtment o Caldas

Departamento de Caldas
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Caldas shown in red
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Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.100°N 75.550°W / 5.100; -75.550
Kintra Colombie
RegionAndean Region
Established1905
CaipitalManizales
Govrenment
 • Govrenorguido echeverry (Partido Liberal)
Area
 • Total7888 km2 (3,046 sq mi)
Area rank28
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total908,841
 • Rank16
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-05
ISO 3166 codeCO-CAL
Municipalities27
Websitegobernaciondecaldas.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.

Municipalities

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Destricts o Caldas

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Caldas haes 6 destricts:

Central Soothren Destrict

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  • Manizales (caipital)
  • Chinchina
  • Neira
  • Palestina
  • Villamaría

Lawer Wastren Destrict

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  • Anserma (Caipital)
  • Belalcazar
  • Risaralda
  • San José
  • Viterbo

Upper Wastren Destrict

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  • Supía (Caipital)
  • Filadelfia
  • La Merced
  • Marmato
  • Riosucio

Northren Destrict

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  • Aguadas
  • Aranzazu
  • Pacora
  • Salamina

Upper Eastren Destrict

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  • Manzanares
  • Marquetalia
  • Marulanda
  • Pensilvania

Magdalena Caldense Destrict

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  • La Dorada (Caipital)
  • Norcasia
  • Samaná
  • Victoria

In Caldas is the Miel I Dam.[2]

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