Caldas Department

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Department of Caldas Departamento de Caldas
Department
The Nevado del Ruiz in July 2007
Flag Coat of arms
Caldas shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 5°06′N 75°33′W / 5.100°N 75.550°W / 5.100; -75.550
Country	Colombia
Region	Andean Region
Department	1905
Capital	Manizales
Government
• Governor	Henry Gutiérrez Ángel (2024-2027)
Area
• Total	7,888 km2 (3,046 sq mi)
• Rank	28th
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	998,255
• Rank	17th
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	COP 23,953 billion (US$ 5.6 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAL
Municipalities	27
HDI	0.769[3] high · 6th of 33
Website	gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co

Caldas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaldas]) is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It is part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 998,255, 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, which were politically separated from Caldas in 1966.