Caldas Department

{{Short description|Department of Colombia}}

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=es|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Department of Caldas

| native_name = Departamento de Caldas

| native_name_lang = es

| type = Department

| image_skyline = Nevado_del_Ruiz_by_Edgar.png

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| image_caption = The Nevado del Ruiz in July 2007

| image_map1 = Caldas Topographic 2.png

| map_caption1 = Topography of the department

| image_flag = Flag of Caldas.svg

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| image_shield = Coat of Arms of the Department of Caldas.svg

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| image_map = Caldas in Colombia (mainland).svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Caldas shown in red

| coordinates = {{coord|5|06|N|75|33|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Andean Region

| parts_type = Largest city

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| established_title = Department

| established_date = 1905

| blank_name_sec1 = Provinces

| blank_info_sec1 =

| blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank1_info_sec1 = 27

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Manizales

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Henry Gutiérrez Ángel (2024-2027)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 7888

| area_rank = 28th

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| 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 = 998255

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_rank = 17th

| 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 23,953 billion
(US$ 5.6 billion)

| blank_name_sec2 = HDI

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.769{{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}}
{{color|#0c0|high}} · 6th of 33

| timezone1 = UTC-05

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| iso_code = CO-CAL

| website = [http://www.gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co/ gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co]

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Caldas ({{IPA|es|ˈkaldas}}) is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It is part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 998,255, and its area is 7,291 km². Caldas is also part of the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region along with the Risaralda and Quindio departments, which were politically separated from Caldas in 1966.