Department of Caldas

Department of Caldas
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Department of Caldas
Departamento de Caldas

Department of Colombia


Flag of the Department of Caldas	Coat of arms of the Department of Caldas

Department of Caldas shown in red

Established

1905

Region

Andes Region

Capital

Manizales

Number of Municipalities

Governor
- Governor's Political Party

Mario Aristizábal Muñoz
Partido Liberal

Area
Total
- Land
- Water (% of total)

Ranked 28
7,888 km²
km²
km² (%)

Population
- Total (2005)
- Density

Ranked 16
908,841^[1]
160/km²

CO-CAL

Government's Website:
www.gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km². Caldas is also part of the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region along with the Risaralda and Quindio departments.