Caldas Department

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Department of Caldas
Departamento de Caldas
—  Department  —

Flag
Coat of arms
Caldas shown in red
Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.1°N 75.55°W / 5.1; -75.55Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.1°N 75.55°W / 5.1; -75.55
Country  Colombia
Region Andes Region
Established 1905
Capital Manizales
Government
 • Governor guido echeverry (Partido Liberal)
Area
 • Total 7,888 km2 (3,045.6 sq mi)
Area rank 28
Population (2005)[1]
 • Total 908,841
 • Rank 16
 • Density 115.2/km2 (298.4/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-05
ISO 3166 code CO-CAL
Provinces
Municipalities 27
Website gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, 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.

Caldas experiences severe inequality and a high level of poverty (57.1%).[2] Health care is also a major issue, with 12.5% infant mortality, high levels of HIV/AIDS, high levels of malnutrition, and hazardous living conditions.[3]

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[edit] Municipalities

  1. Aguados
  2. Anserma
  3. Aranzazu
  4. Belalcázar
  5. Chinchiná
  6. Filadelfia
  7. La Dorada
  8. La Merced
  9. Manizales
  10. Manzanares
  11. Marmato
  12. Marquetalia
  13. Marulanda
  14. Neira
  15. Norcasia
  16. Pácora
  17. Palestina
  18. Pensilvania
  19. Riosucio
  20. Risaralda
  21. Salamina
  22. Samaná
  23. San José
  24. Supía
  25. Victoria
  26. Villamaría
  27. Viterbo

[edit] Districts of Caldas

Caldas has 6 Districts:

[edit] Central Southern District

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

[edit] Lower Western District

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

[edit] Upper Western District

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

[edit] Northern District

  • Aguadas
  • Aranzazu
  • Pacora
  • Salamina

[edit] Upper Eastern District

  • Manzanares
  • Marquetalia
  • Marulanda
  • Pensilvania

[edit] Magdalena Caldense District

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

[edit] Dams

In Caldas is the Miel I Dam.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dane.gov
  2. ^ http://www.openideo.com/open/how-might-we-improve-health-care-through-social-business-in-low-income-communities/brief.html
  3. ^ http://www.openideo.com/open/how-might-we-improve-health-care-through-social-business-in-low-income-communities/brief.html
  4. ^ Ingetec.com.co

[edit] External links

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