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Magdalena Department

department of Colombia
AdministrativeArea department_of_colombia Q199910

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
department of Colombia
Inception
1825[13]
Official website
www.gobmagdalena.gov.co[15]
Native label
Departamento del Magdalena[21]
Official name
Departamento del Magdalena[20]

Location

Country
Colombia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 10.183°, -74.233°[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Colombia[2]
Shares border with
Atlántico Department, Bolívar Department, Cesar Department, La Guajira Department[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
+23188[23]
Elevation above sea level
+110[22]
Population
+1298562, +1427026[16][17]
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Codes

Located in time zone
UTC−05:00[12]
More facts +8
Capital
Santa Marta[4]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]
Executive body
office of the governor of Magdalena department[11]
Flag
flag of the Department of Magdalena[9]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Colombia/Magdalena
Language used
Arhuaco, Chimila, Kogui[24][25][26]
Legislative body
departmental assembly of Magdalena[10]
Office held by head of government
Governor of Magdalena Department[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Magdalena Department ar ماجدالينا (كولومبيا) ar إدارة ماجدالينا cs Magdalena cs Departement Magdalena de CO-MAG de Departamento del Magdalena de Magdalena el διαμέρισμα Μαγκνταλένας es Departamento del Magdalena fa شهرستان ماگدالنا fr Département de Magdalena he מגדלנה he מגדלנה (מחוז) he מחוז מגדלנה hi माग्दालेना विभाग hu Magdalena megye id Departemen Magdalena it dipartimento di Magdalena it Magdalena
🔖 Identifiers · 20
GND ID
4114908-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
El Banco.JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11945045v
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
147489
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
CO38
Freebase ID
/m/020p84
GNS Unique Feature ID
-591585
GeoNames ID
3675686
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1000682
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
magdalena-5
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0039150
INaturalist place ID
8170
Show all 20 identifiers +8
ISO 3166-2 code
CO-MAG
Museum-digital place ID
22967
MusicBrainz area ID
d6a6abe3-e25f-4c90-b45a-3749b0dcb134
NL CR AUT ID
ge980203
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1319097
Topic's main category
Category:Magdalena Department
Who's on First ID
85670223
Yale LUX ID
place/2ca56497-fc09-4284-bfe8-caace5477608

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 40
Santa Marta, Aracataca, Pico Cristóbal Colón, Ciénaga, El Banco, Ciudad Perdida, Concordia, El Retén +32 more
Shares border with 4
Bolívar Department, Atlántico Department, Cesar Department, La Guajira Department
← Indigenous to 4
Arhuaco, Kogui, Chimila, Malibu
← Shares border with 4
Bolívar Department, Atlántico Department, Cesar Department, La Guajira Department
Language used 3
Arhuaco, Kogui, Chimila
← Category combines topics 3
Category:People from Magdalena Department, Category:Births in the department of Magdalena, Category:Populated places in the Magdalena Department
Things located in country 2
Kogui people, Chimilas
Capital 1
Santa Marta
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in the department of Magdalena
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Magdalena Department
Country 1
Colombia
Has these parts 1
Taganga
Instance of 1
department of Colombia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Colombia
Located in time zone 1
UTC−05:00
People born here 1
Guillermo Buitrago
Topic's main category 1
Category:Magdalena Department
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
government of Magdalena department
← Capital of 1
Santa Marta
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Magdalena Department
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Colombia
← Depicts 1
Template:Location map Colombia Magdalena Department
← FactGrid item ID 1
Burgh next Aylsham
← Operating area 1
Biblioburro
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Summary

Magdalena Department is a department of Colombia[1].

Related Entities

Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 4114908-7
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  2. 15w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → El Banco.JPG
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: El Banco.JPG, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261402|batch #261402]]"
  3. 16w ago · Fessor · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location map → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Location map: Magdalena in Colombia (mainland).svg"
  4. 23w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'amount': '+23188'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+110'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Magdalena Department
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: flag of the Department of Magdalena, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780213868597"
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