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Santander Department
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Santander Department is a region located in the northern part of Colombia that serves as an important administrative division of the country. The department matters because it is a significant economic and cultural area that contributes to Colombia's development through its industries, geography, and population.
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Vinony's link graph records 812 inbound references to Santander Department, and connects out to Colombia, Bolívar Department and Girón.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
Vinony files it under 1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada, Departments of Colombia and Santander Department.
Vinony links it to 62 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Colombia
- Capital
- Bucaramanga
- Population
- 2280908
- Area
- 30537
- Elevation
- 1230
- Shares border with
- Boyacá Department
- Official website
- www.santander.gov.co
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- Commons category
- Santander Department
- inception
- 1857-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Santander Department
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in the department of Santander
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Santander Department
- different from
- Santander
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Encyclopedic overview
Santander ( Spanish pronunciation: [santanˈdeɾ]) is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, borders the Magdalena River to the east, Boyacá to the south and southeast, the Norte de Santander Department to the northeast, the Cesar Department to the north, the Bolivar and Antioquia Departments to the west. Its capital is the city of Bucaramanga.
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