Córdoba, Colombie

**Córdoba** is a depairtment o the Republic o Colombie locatit tae the north o this kintra in the Colombie Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces tae the north wi the Caribbean Sea, tae the northeast wi Sucre, east wi the Bolívar an sooth wi Antioquia. Its caipital is the ceety o Montería.

## Airmit conflict

Cordoba is considered a conflict zone due tae the heich amoont o paramilitaries an drog trokers active in the region. As o 2011 a nummer o airmit neo-paramilitar groups control lairge pairts o Cordoba, amang them Aguilas Negras, the Usuga Clan an Los Rastrojos. Paramilitar drog gangs are thocht tae be responsible for ower 500 murthers in Cordoba in 2010, effectively makkin this region ane o the maist violent in Colombie. The victims o violence are aften those who fecht tae reclaim land that haes been stolen bi the paramilitars. accordin tae reports mony victims are aften o afro-Colombie or indengenous strynd. Awtho the paramilitaries retain a firm hauld ower lairge land estates, aften in greement wi corrupt local govrenment offeecials, the guerrilla muivements FARC an ELN hae a presence here an aw. The lairgest concentration o FARC guerillas are locatit in the border regions wi Antioqia an Bolívar, while thair paramilitar enemies are estimatit tae be in control o Cordoba's mair central regions. The violence in Cordoba became hivily publiscidit when twa varsity students frae Bogotá wur assassinatit bi drog runners while takkin photos on a Caribbean beach in Januar 2011, awtho critics pynt oot that the killins o afro-Colombies an indigenous fowk aften go bi unnotit bi the media.

## Municipalities
Córdoba is made up o 30 municipalities an main touns:

# Ayapel
# Buenavista
# Canalete
# Cereté
# Chimá
# Chinú
# Ciénaga de Oro
# Cotorra
# La Apartada
# Lorica
# Los Córdobas
# Momil
# Monitos
# Montelíbano
# **[[Montería]]**
# Planeta Rica
# Pueblo Nuevo
# Puerto Escondido
# Puerto Libertador
# Purísima
# Sahagún
# San Andrés de Sotavento
# San Antero
# San Bernardo del Viento
# San Carlos
# San José de Uré
# San Pelayo
# Tierralta
# Tuchín
# Valencia

## Govrenors o Córdoba

The Congress o Colombie appruivit bi Law 9 on 17 December 1951 which creatit the Depairtment o Córdoba an later sanctioned bi the then Preses o Colombie Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, but anerlie came intae effect sax month later.

Accordin tae the Colombie Constitution o 1991 the executive pouer for this region will be vestit in a single individual electit bi popular vote (stairtin frae 1991, govrenors wur previously appointit bi the Preses o Colombie) an will be cried govrenor o the Córdoba Depairtment.

# Remberto Burgos Puche (Preses Organizational Committee) 18 Juin 1952 tae 22 August 1952
# Manuel Antonio Buelvas Cabrales 23 August 1952 tae 7 October 1953
# Miguel García Sánchez 8 October 1953 tae 10 Mey 1957
# Eusebio Cabrales Pineda 10 Mey 1957 tae 17 Januar 1958
# Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas 18 Januar 1958 tae 5 September 1958
# José Jiménez Altamiranda 6 September 1958 14 Julie 1960
# Remberto Burgos Puche 15 Julie 1960 tae 6 October 1962
# José Miguel Amín Araque 6 October 1962 tae 14 Mairch 1963
# Germán Bula Hoyos 15 Mairch 1963 tae 4 October. 1964
# Ramón Berrocal Failach 4 October 1964 tae 25 August 1966
# Amaury García Burgos 26 August 1966 tae 4 September 1968
# Alfonso Ordosgoitia Yarzagaray 5 September 1968 tae 13 Mairch 1969
# Álvaro Sotomayor Macea 14 Mairch 1969 tae 2 November 1969
# Eugenio Giraldo Revueltas 3 November 1969 tae 31 August 1970
# Amaury García Burgos 31 August 1970 tae 12 Julie 1971
# Germán Bula Hoyos 12 Julie 1971 tae 25 Mey 1972
# Donaldo Cabrales Anaya 26 Mey 1972 tae 15 August 1974
# Casio Obregón Nieto 16 August 1974 tae 13 Mairch 1975
# Néstor Padrón Guzmán 14 Mairch 1975 tae 7 November 1975
# José María Cabrales 7 November 1975 tae 25 Januar 1977
# Libardo López Gómez 25 Januar 1977 tae 27 October 1977
# Ramón Martínez Vallejo 28 October 1977 tae 25 August 1978
# Alfonso De la Espriella Espinosa 25 August 1978 tae 6 Juin 1980
# Camilo Jiménez Villalba 6 Juin 1980 tae 25 Mairch 1981
# Gastón Berrocal Canabal 25 Mairch 1981 tae 27 Julie 1981
# Simón Gómez Villadiego 28 Julie 1981 tae 3 September 1981 (interim)
# Ramiro Sánchez Kerguelén 4 September 1981 tae 26 August 1982
# Julio César Zapateiro Rodríguez 27 August 1982 tae 9 August 1984
# Camilo Jiménez Villalba 10 August 1984 tae 28 Januar 1985
# Fernando Salas Calle 29 Januar 1985 tae 21 August 1986
# Héctor Lorduy Rodríguez 22 August 1986 tae 17 Juin 1987
# José Gabriel Amín Manzur 18 Juin 1987 tae 10 Januar 1990
# Raúl Quintero Lyons 4 Januar 1989 tae 15 Januar 1989 (Interim)
# Fredy Sánchez Arteaga 11 Januar 1990 tae 22 August 1990
# Jorge Ramón Elías Náder 23 August 1990 tae 11 Juin 1991
# Carlos Henao Gallo 12 Juin 1991 tae 30 Julie 1991 (Interim)
# Luciano Lepesquer Gossaín 30 Julie 1991 tae 31 December 1991
# Jorge Manzur Jattin 1 Januar 1992 tae 19 Januar 1994 (First popularly elected governor)
# Javier Jiménez Amín 20 Januar 1994 tae 10 October 1994 (Interim); 11 October 1994 tae 31 December 1994
# Carlos Buelvas Aldana 1 Januar 1995 tae 31 December 1997
# Ángel Villadiego Hernández 1 Januar 1998 tae 31 December 2000
# Jesús María López Gómez 1 Januar 2001 tae 31 December 2003
# Libardo José López Cabrales 1 Januar 2004 tae 17 Aprile 2006
# Jaime Torralvo Suárez 17 Aprile 2006 tae 22 Juin 2006
# Libardo José López Cabrales 22 Juin 2006 tae 31 December 2007
# Marta del Socorro Sáenz Correa 1 Januar 2008

## References

## Freemit airtins
*  Govrenment o Cordoba offeecial wabsteid