Córdoba Department

Template:Historical populations Córdoba (Template:IPA, Template:Langx) 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.

Municipalities

Template:See also Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns: Template:Div col

View of Montería from the Sinu river.

Valley of the Sinu river

The Congress of Colombia approved by Law 9 December 17, 1951 which created the Department of Córdoba and later sanctioned by the then President of Colombia Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, but only came into effect six months later.

Template:Font No.	First Lady or Gentlemen	Tenure	Governor Template:Small
1		January 1, 1991 – December 31, 1994	Jorge Manzur
2	María Cristina de la Espriella	January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1997	Carlos Buelvas
3		January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2000	Ángel Villadiego
4	María Victoria Peña	January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2003	Jesús María López
5	Alicia Jiménez	January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2007	Libardo José López
6	Jairo Ruiz Chica	January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2011	Marta Sáenz
7	Johanna Elías Vidal	January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015	Alejandro Lyons
8	Roxana Zuleta	January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2019	Edwin Besaile
9	Marta Ruiz	January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023	Orlando Benítez
10	Valeria Vega	January 1, 2024 – present	Erasmo Zuleta