Magdalena Department

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Department of Magdalena Departamento del Magdalena
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Liderazgo, Seguridad y Transparencia (Spanish: Leadership, Security and Transparency)
Anthem: Himno del Magdalena
Magdalena shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 11°14′31″N 74°12′19″W / 11.24194°N 74.20528°W / 11.24194; -74.20528
Country	Colombia
Region	Caribbean Region
Established	25 July 1824
Capital	Santa Marta
Government
• Governor	Carlos Caceido
• Legislature	Assembly of Magdalena
Area [1][2]
• Total	23,188 km2 (8,953 sq mi)
• Rank	21st
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	1,341,746
• Rank	14th
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
GDP [4]
• Total	COP 19,738 billion (US$ 4.6 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-MAG
Municipalities	31
HDI (2019)	0.726[5] high · 22nd of 33
Website	www.gobmagdalena.gov.co

Magdalena (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena]) is a department of Colombia with more than 1.3 million people, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River. It inherited the name of one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia that its current territory integrated.