Córdoba (, ) is a Department of Colombia located in the Caribbean Region in the north. Córdoba borders the Caribbean Sea to the north, Sucre Department to the northeast, Bolívar Department to the east, and Antioquia Department to the south. As of 2018, the population of Córdoba was estimated to be 1,784,783. Córdoba's capital is the city of Montería.

Municipalities

Córdoba is made up of 30 municipalities and main towns:

  1. Ayapel
  2. Buenavista
  3. Canalete
  4. Cereté
  5. Chimá
  6. Chinú
  7. Ciénaga de Oro
  8. Cotorra
  9. La Apartada
  10. Lorica
  11. Los Córdobas
  12. Momil
  13. Moñitos
  14. Montelíbano
  15. Montería
  16. Planeta Rica
  17. Pueblo Nuevo
  18. Puerto Escondido
  19. Puerto Libertador
  20. Purísima
  21. Sahagún
  22. San Andrés de Sotavento
  23. San Antero
  24. San Bernardo del Viento
  25. San Carlos
  26. San José de Uré
  27. San Pelayo
  28. Tierralta
  29. Tuchín
  30. Valencia

Governors of Córdoba

thumb|right|250px|View of Montería from the Sinu river.

thumb|right|250px|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.

List first ladies and gentlemen of Córdoba

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|-

!class="sortable"|<abbr title="Number"><br>No.</abbr><br>

!First Lady or Gentlemen

!class="sortable"|Tenure

!class="sortable"|Governor<br>

|-

!1

|

| January 1, 1991<br>–<br>December 31, 1994

| Jorge Manzur

|-

!2

| María Cristina de la Espriella

| January 1, 1995<br>–<br>December 31, 1997

| Carlos Buelvas

|-

!3

|

| January 1, 1998<br>–<br>December 31, 2000

| Ángel Villadiego

|-

!4

| María Victoria Peña

| January 1, 2001<br>–<br>December 31, 2003

| Jesús María López

|-

!5

| Alicia Jiménez

| January 1, 2004<br>–<br>December 31, 2007

| Libardo José López

|-

!6

| Jairo Ruiz Chica

| January 1, 2008<br>–<br>December 31, 2011

| Marta Sáenz

|-

!7

| Johanna Elías Vidal

| January 1, 2012<br>–<br>December 31, 2015

| Alejandro Lyons

|-

!8

| Roxana Zuleta

| January 1, 2016<br>–<br>December 31, 2019

| Edwin Besaile

|-

!9

| Marta Ruiz

| January 1, 2020<br>–<br>December 31, 2023

| Orlando Benítez

|-

!10

| Valeria Vega

| January 1, 2024<br>–<br>present

| Erasmo Zuleta

|}

References

  • Government of Cordoba official website