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{{Short description|Department of Colombia}}
{{for|the state in Venezuela|Bolívar (state)}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Department of Bolívar
| native_name        = Departamento de Bolívar
| native_name_lang   = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code -->
| type               = [[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
| image_skyline      = Cartagena de Indias panorámica aérea.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Cartagena from the air
| image_map1         = Bolivar Topographic 2.png
| map_caption1       = Topography of the department
| image_flag         = Flag of Bolívar (Colombia).svg
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Escudo de Bolívar (Colombia).svg
| shield_link        = Coat of arms of the Department of Bolívar
| nickname           = 
| motto              = ''Ab Ordine Libertas''<br /><small>([[Latin]]: ''From order comes freedom'')</small>{{force singular}}
| anthem             = ''[[wikisource:es:Himno de Bolívar (Colombia)|Himno de Bolívar]]''
| image_map          = Bolivar in Colombia (mainland).svg
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Bolívar shown in red
| coordinates        = {{coord|10|24|N|75|30|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Colombia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Natural regions of Colombia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Caribbean Region]]
| parts_type         = Largest city
| parts_style        = para
| p1                 = 
| established_title  = [[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
| established_date   = 1886
| established_title1 = [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|Province]]
| established_date1  = 1533
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Provinces of Colombia|Provinces]]
| blank_info_sec1    = 6
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipalities]]
| blank1_info_sec1   = 46
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]]
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = Vicente blel (2019–2023)
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web|year=2011|title=Información Institucional: Geografía|publisher=Gobernación del Bolivar|language=es|url=http://www.bolivar.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=171|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305142040/http://www.bolivar.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=171|archive-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Kline, Harvey F.|year=2012|chapter=Bolivar, Department of|title=Historical Dictionary of Colombia|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=BJbjM7yYKmkC&pg=PA83 83]|isbn=978-0-8108-7813-6}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 25978
| area_rank          = [[List of Colombian Departments by area|14th]]
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_note          = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| population_total   = 2,070,110
| population_as_of   = 2018
| population_rank    = [[List of Colombian Departments by population|7th]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = 
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{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}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = [[Colombian peso|COP]] 51,404 billion<br />([[US$]] 12.1 billion)
| timezone1          = [[UTC-05]]
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 
| area_code_type     = 
| area_code          = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO-BOL]]
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.777<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{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}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of Colombian departments by Human Development Index|13th of 33]]
| website            = [http://www.bolivar.gov.co/ www.bolivar.gov.co]
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Bolívar''' ({{IPA|es|boˈliβaɾ}}) is a [[Departments of Colombia|department]] of [[Colombia]]. It was named after one of the original nine states of the [[United States of Colombia]]. It is located to the north of the country, extending roughly north–south from the Caribbean coast at [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] near the mouth of the [[Magdalena River]], then south along the river to a border with [[Antioquia Department]]. The departments of [[Sucre Department|Sucre]] and [[Córdoba Department|Córdoba]] are located to the west, and [[Atlántico Department]] to the north and east (most of the border formed by the [[Canal del Dique]]). Across the Magdalena River to the east is [[Magdalena Department]]. The flag of the department bears a resemblance to the [[flag of Lithuania]].

Its capital is [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena de Indias]]. Other important cities include [[Magangué]], [[El Carmen de Bolívar]] and [[Turbaco]].

==Subregions and Municipalities==
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===[[Dique Province|North]]===
# '''[[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]]'''
# [[Clemencia, Colombia|Clemencia]]
# [[Santa Catalina, Bolívar|Santa Catalina]]
# [[Santa Rosa, Bolívar|Santa Rosa]]
# [[Turbaco]]
# [[Turbana, Bolívar|Turbana]]
# [[Villanueva, Bolívar|Villanueva]]

===[[Dique Province|Dique]]===
# [[Arjona, Colombia|Arjona]]
# [[Arroyo Hondo, Bolívar|Arroyohondo]]
# [[Calamar, Bolívar|Calamar]]
# [[Mahates]]
# [[San Cristobal, Bolívar|San Cristobal]]
# [[San Estanislao, Bolívar|San Estanislao]]
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===[[Montes de Maria Province|Montes de Maria]]===
# [[El Carmen de Bolívar]]
# [[Córdoba, Bolívar|Córdoba]]
# [[El Guamo]]
# [[María La Baja]]
# [[San Jacinto, Bolívar|San Jacinto]]
# [[San Juan Nepomuceno, Bolívar|San Juan Nepomuceno]]
# [[Soplaviento]]
# [[Zambrano, Bolívar|Zambrano]]

===[[Mojana Province|Mojana]]===
# [[Achí, Bolívar|Achí]]
# [[Magangué]]
# [[Montecristo, Bolívar|Montecristo]]
# [[Pinillos]]
# [[San Jacinto del Cauca]]
# [[Tiquisio]]

===[[Depresión Momposina Province|Mompox Island]]===
# [[Cicuco]]
# [[Hatillo de Loba]]
# [[Margarita, Bolívar|Margarita]]
# [[Santa Cruz de Mompox]]
# [[San Fernando, Bolívar|San Fernando]]
# [[Talaiga Nuevo]]
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===[[Loba Province|Loba]]===
# [[Altos del Rosario]]
# [[Barranco de Loba]]
# [[El Peñón, Bolívar|El Peñón]]
# [[Norosí]]
# [[Regidor, Bolivar|Regidor]]
# [[Rio Viejo]]
# [[San Martín de Loba]]

===[[Magdalena Medio Province|Magdalena Medio]]===
# [[Arenal del Sur|Arenal]]
# [[Cantagallo, Bolívar|Cantagallo]]
# [[Morales, Bolívar|Morales]]
# [[San Pablo, Bolívar|San Pablo]]
# [[Santa Rosa del Sur]]
# [[Simití]]
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==History==
In today's villages of [[Maria La Baja]], Sincerín, [[El Viso]], and [[Mahates]] and Rotinet, excavations have uncovered the remains of ''[[wikt:maloka|maloka]]''-type buildings, directly related to the early Puerto Hormiga settlements.<ref name="uninorte.edu.co">{{cite web |url=http://www.uninorte.edu.co/divisiones/humanidades/arqueologia/proyectos/pro_pag_13-06.html |title=Universidad del Norte |publisher=Uninorte.edu.co |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220195301/http://uninorte.edu.co/divisiones/Humanidades/arqueologia/proyectos/pro_pag_13-06.html |archive-date=2010-12-20 }}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{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=28 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083854/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1938 | 763782
|1951 | 924082
|1964 | 693759
|1973 | 817838
|1985 | 1288985
|1993 | 1702188
|2005 | 1878993
|2018 | 2070110
}}

==Flag==
{{main|Flag of Bolívar Department}}

The flag of the department consists of three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red (similar to the [[flag of Lithuania]]).<ref>[https://www.bolivar.gov.co/web/seccion/bolivar/simbolos-y-banderas/ Gobernación de Bolívar: Símbolos y Banderas]</ref>

==Miscellaneous==
*[[Postage stamps of Bolívar]]
*[[List of Caribbean islands#Bolívar Department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bolívar Department}}
{{wikivoyage|Bolívar (department)|Bolívar Department}}
* View a boundary-overlaid version of Bolívar on Google Maps: http://www.maplandia.com/colombia/bolivar/turbana/
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bolívar (Colombia)|display=Bolívar|volume=4|page=166}}

{{Subregions of Bolívar}}
{{Departments of the North of Colombia}}
{{Departments of Colombia}}
{{Authority control}}

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