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Department of Cundinamarca
Departamento de Cundinamarca

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Cundinamarca Coat of arms of the Department of Cundinamarca
Motto: Es tiempo de crecer (Spanish: : It is Time to grow)
Anthem: Himno de Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca shown in red, its capital Bogotá shown in green.
Established	June 15, 1857
Region	Andean Region
Capital	Bogotá
Number of Provinces	15
Number of Municipalities	116
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Pablo Ardila Sierra Colombian Liberal Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 17 24,210 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 4 2,228,478[1] 92.04/km²
ISO_Code	CO-CUN
Government's Website: www.cundinamarca.gov.co

Cundinamarca is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".

The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua, used in pre-Colombian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands, meaning Condor's Nest.

Most of Cundinamarca is on the Eastern Cordillera (Cordillera Oriental), just south of Boyacá, bordered by the Magdalena River on the west, reaching down into the Orinoco River basin on the east, and bordering on Tolima to the south. The capital district of Bogotá is nearly completely surrounded by Cundinamarca territory, and indeed was formed by carving up Cundinamarca; between this and other divisions, the present department of Cundinamarca is much smaller than the original state.

The capital of Cundinamarca is Bogotá. This is a special case among Colombian departments, since Bogotá is not legally a part of Cundinamarca, yet it is the only department that has its capital designated by the Constitution (meaning that if the capital was to be ever moved, it would take a constitutional reform to do so, instead of a simple ordinance passed by the Cundinamarca Assembly). Also, in censuses, the populations for Bogotá and Cundinamarca are tabulated separately; otherwise, Cundinamarca's population would total 9.5 million.

Cundinamarca has 15 provinces and the Capital District of Bogotá (Bogotá D.C.), which simultaneously acts as capital of the Republic, capital of the Department and a District (or Department) in itself.

1. Almeidas
2. Upper Magdalena (Alto Magdalena)
3. Lower Magdalena (Bajo Magdalena)
4. Gualivá
5. Guavio
6. Central Magdalena (Magdalena Centro)
7. Medina
8. Eastern (Oriente)
9. Rionegro
10. Central Savanna (Sabana Centro)
11. Western Savanna (Sabana Occidente)
12. Soacha
13. Sumapaz
14. Tequendama
15. Ubaté

• Cundinamarca travel guide from Wikitravel

• Postage stamps of Cundinamarca

v • d • e Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department
Almeidas Province	Chocontá • Machetá • Manta • Sesquilé • Suesca • Tibiritá • Villapinzón
Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios • Girardot • Guataqui • Jerusalen • Nariño • Nilo • Ricaurte • Tocaima
Lower Magdalena Province	Caparrapí • Guaduas • Puerto Salgar
Gualivá Province	Albán • La Peña • La Vega • Nimaima • Nocaima • Quebradanegra • San Francisco • Sasaima • Supatá • Útica • Vergara • Villeta
Guavio Province	Gachala • Gacheta • Gama • Guasca • Guatavita • Junín • La Calera • Ubalá
Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán • Bituima • Chaguani • Guayabal de Síquima • Puli • San Juan Rioseco • Viani
Medina Province	Medina • Paratebueno
Eastern Province	Caqueza • Chipaque • Choachí • Fomeque • Fosca • Guayabetal • Gutierrez • Quetame • Ubaque • Une
Rionegro Province	El Peñón • La Palma • Pacho • Paime • San Cayetano • Topaipí • Villagómez • Yacopí
Central Savanna Province	Cajicá • Chía • Cogua • Gachancipá • Nemocón • Sopó • Tabio • Tocancipá • Zipaquirá
Western Savanna Province	Bojacá • Cota • El Rosal • Facatativá • Funza • Madrid • Mosquera • Subachoque • Tenjo • Zipacón
Soacha Province	Sibaté • Soacha
Sumapaz Province	Arbeláez • Cabrera • Fusagasugá • Granada • Pandi • Pasca • San Bernardo • Silvania • Tibacuy • Venecia
Tequendama Province	Anapoima • Anolaima • Apulo • Cachipay • El Colegio • La Mesa • Quipile • San Antonio del Tequendama • Tena • Viotá
Ubaté Province	Cucunubá • Fúquene • Guachetá • Lenguazaque • Simijacá • Susa • Sutatausa • Tausa • Ubaté
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá	Bogotá, Capital District
See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca