Santander, Colombie

Depairtment o Santander
Depairtment o Santander; Departamento de Santander
	Depairtment
	Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): Santandereanos siempre adelante; (Spaingie: Fowk o Santander aye aheid)
	Anthem: Himno de Santander
	Santander shown in red
	Coordinates: 7°8′N 73°0′W / 7.133°N 73.000°W
Kintras	Colombie
Region	Andean Region
Established	13 Mey 1857
Caipital	Bucaramanga
Lairgest ceety	Bucaramanga
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Horacio Serpa Uribe (Colombie Leeberal Pairty)
Area
• Total	30537 km2 (11,790 sq mi)
Area rank	12
Population (2005)
• Total	2.057.789
• Rank	6
• Density	0/km2 (0.00017/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-SAN
Provinces	8
Municipalities	87
Website	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

The depairtment is subdividit intae provinces: