Córdoba Department

{{Short description|Department of Colombia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Department of Córdoba

| native_name = Departamento de Córdoba

| native_name_lang = es

| type = Department

| image_skyline = Ronda del Sinú.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Ronda del Sinú Park at Montería

| image_map1 = Cordoba Topographic 2.png

| map_caption1 = Topography of the department

| image_flag = Flag of Córdoba.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield =

| shield_alt =

| nickname =

| motto =

| anthem =

| image_map = Cordoba in Colombia (mainland).svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Córdoba shown in red

| coordinates = {{coord|8|45|N|75|53|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Caribbean Region

| parts_type = Largest city

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| established_title = Established

| established_date = June 18, 1952

| blank_name_sec1 = Provinces

| blank_info_sec1 =

| blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank1_info_sec1 = 30

| founder =

| named_for =

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Montería

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Erasmo Zuleta (2023-present)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 25020

| area_rank = 15th

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| area_water_percent =

| area_note =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2013 }}

| population_total = 1,784,783

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_rank = 9th

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note =

| demographics_type1 = GDP

| demographics1_footnotes = {{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}

|demographics1_title1 = Total

|demographics1_info1 = COP 24,992 billion
(US$ 5.9 billion)

| timezone1 = UTC-05

| postal_code_type =

| postal_code =

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| iso_code = CO-COR

| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2019)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.716{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
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| website = [http://www.cordoba.gov.co/ www.cordoba.gov.co]

| footnotes =

}}

{{Historical populations

|type =

|footnote = Source:{{cite web|title=Reloj de Población|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|website=DANE|publisher=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116020433/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|url-status=dead}}

|1973 | 649462

|1985 | 1013247

|1993 | 1275623

|2005 | 1467929

|2018 | 1784783

}}

Córdoba ({{IPA|es|ˈkoɾðoβa}}, {{langx|es|Departamento de Córdoba}}) is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Its capital is the city of Montería.