Caldas Department
Department of Caldas
Departamento de Caldas | |
|---|---|
 | |
|
UTC-05 | |
| ISO 3166 code | CO-CAL |
| Municipalities | 27 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.778[3] high · 6th of 33 |
| Website | gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co |
Caldas (Spanish pronunciation: Quindio departments, which were politically separated from Caldas in 1966.
Subdivisions
Municipalities
Districts
Caldas has 6 districts.
Dams
The Miel I Dam is situated in Caldas.[4]
Demography
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 769,968 | — |
| 1951 | 1,067,324 | +38.6% |
| 1964 | 712,916 | −33.2% |
| 1973 | 698,042 | −2.1% |
| 1985 | 883,024 | +26.5% |
| 1993 | 1,030,062 | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 968,740 | −6.0% |
| 2018 | 998,255 | +3.0% |
| Source:[5] | ||
The population of Caldas is 984,128 (2013), half of whom live in Manizales. The racial composition is:
- White / Mestizo (93.16%)
- Amerindian or Indigenous (4.29%)
- Black or Afro-Colombian (2.54%)
The local inhabitants of Caldas are known as caldenses. Of the five main regional groups in Colombia, the predominant group in Caldas are known as paisa, referring to those living in the Paisa region, which covers most of Antioquia, as well as the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío.
References
- ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Ingetec.com.co Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caldas Department.
- Government of Caldas official website (in Spanish)
Capital: Manizales | |||||||||||||
| Districts and municipalities |
| ||||||||||||
 | ||
.svg){kind=small}
.svg){kind=small}
.svg){kind=small}
| National | |
|---|---|
| Geographic | |
