Cundinamarca Department
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| Motto: Cundinamarca Corazón de Colombia (Spanish: Cundinamarca, Heart of Colombia) |
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 Cundinamarca and Bogotá are shown in red |
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| Coordinates: 4°36′N 74°5′W / 4.600°N 74.083°WCoordinates: 4°36′N 74°5′W / 4.600°N 74.083°W | |||
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 Colombia
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| Region | Andean Region | ||
| Established | June 15, 1857 | ||
| Capital | Bogotá | ||
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| • Governor | Jorge Emilio Rey Angel (2016-2019) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 22,623 km2 (8,735 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 17th | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 2,680,041 | ||
| • Rank | 4th | ||
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-05 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | CO-CUN | ||
| Provinces | 15 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Department of Cundinamarca (Departamento de Cundinamarca, Spanish pronunciation: [kundinaˈmarka]) is one of the departments of Colombia. Its area covers 22,623 square kilometres (8,735 sq mi) (not including the Capital District) and it has a population of 2,598,245 as of 2013. It was created on August 5, 1886 under the constitutional terms presented on the same year. Cundinamarca is located in the center of Colombia.
Cundinamarca's capital city is Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This is a special case among Colombian departments, since Bogotá is not legally a part of Cundinamarca, yet it is the only department that has its capital designated by the Constitution (if the capital were to be ever moved, it would take a constitutional reform to do so, instead of a simple ordinance passed by the Cundinamarca Assembly). In censuses, the populations for Bogotá and Cundinamarca are tabulated separately; otherwise, Cundinamarca's population would total over 10 million.
The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kuntur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Muisca and means "condor's nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands. (de ahí la palabra marqués).
Most of Cundinamarca is on the Eastern Cordillera (Cordillera Oriental), just south of Boyacá, bordered by the Magdalena River on the west, reaching down into the Orinoco River basin on the east, and bordering on Tolima to the south. The capital district of Bogotá is nearly completely surrounded by Cundinamarca territory and was formed by carving up Cundinamarca. Because of this and other border changes, the present department of Cundinamarca is much smaller than the original state.
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