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The department of
Cordoba is one of the 32 departments of
Colombia. It is located north of the country, in the Colombian
Caribbean region , overlooking the
Caribbean Sea. Bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea , northeast with the
Department of Sucre and the south by the
Department of Antioquia. It was created in
1952 and its capital is
Monteria.
History of Cordoba
The history of the department of Cordoba has been established based on the various documents found in archives such as the
National Archives of Colombia, the
Archivo General de Indias, the
Spanish chronicles left by including the
Bachelor Martin Fernandez de Enciso and
Fray Pedro Simon. Also, by oral tradition and by recent research.
The name was taken by
General José María Córdova as a tribute to the hero of independence for their important participation in the freedom of Colombia.
Stage Pre-Columbian
It ranges from the appearance of the first people who crossed the Sinu from
North America over 6,
000 years, until 1501 or so, the date on which up to now the department of Cordoba's first
Spanish expedition. At this stage the Zenues were the lords of these vast territories and developed one of the most prosperous cultures of
America.
According to some researchers reached Zenues superior training. However, by the destruction and looting of their graves to the arrival of the Spanish cannot assume the above opinions. The archaeological discovery of
San Jacinto in
January 1992 has provided new evidence to clarify the controversy.
Colonial Period
It covers the period from 1500 to the Spanish emancipation in the first two decades of the nineteenth century. In these three centuries the Spanish, founded cities, imposed a new economic, political, administrative and religious, mingling with them as evidenced by the existing racial typology in the region.
Republican Period
Beginning in the years of independence scream (1810-1819) until today. However, this stage is bounded by the year 1952, establishing the
Córdoba department, established to date Presegregacional stage and after it Posegregacional stage. The department was created at the expense of the department of
Bolivar.
The first is characterized by an unpopulated area, poor and forgotten. With the consolidation and creation of the department of Cordoba by Law
December 9, 1951
and ruled on June 18, 1952 the
Department acquired regional autonomy which causes him considerable development. Posegregacional stage begins which stretches to the present.
Geography of Cordoba
The department of Cordoba is located in the northwestern part of Colombia on the vast plains of the
Caribbean. It has an area of 25,020 km², which in terms of extension is similar to that of
Sardinia.
Politically Córdoba department is divided in 30 municipalities, 5 of which belong to the coastal zone, 16 to the area or basin Sinu, and 9 of the
San Jorge.It has approximately 260 townships, 210 villages and five police posts.
It is part of the Colombian Caribbean region with
Sucre,
Cesar,
Magdalena,
San Andres and Providencia,
Bolívar,
Atlántico and
Guajira. With an area of 25,058 km ², bounded on the north by the
Atlantic Ocean, west, south and southeast to east
Antioquia and Bolivar and Sucre.
The Coast of Cordoba is 124 km and ranges from
Arboletes on the border with Antioquia to Punta de
Piedra on the border with the Department of Sucre.
The race is the result of crossing between Zenues who lived in the apartment in pre-Columbian times, blacks brought from
Africa during the colonial capital in
Arab immigrants especially from
Lebanon and
Syria, and the Spanish colonists. Each group provided input genetic, historical and folk. The mixed race is in greater proportion in the middle and lower Sinu, where mixing with Syrian-Lebanese immigrants is appreciable.
Black to the coastal area and indigenous
Source http://www.colombiainfo.org/en-us/col
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Juan Gonzalo Angel
www.tvagro.tv
- published: 21 Jun 2016
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