Atlántico Department
Atlántico (English: Atlantic) is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolivar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River. It is the third smallest of the country's departments but has a population of 2,272,170, which makes it one of the most densely populated departments.
Its capital is Barranquilla, other important cities include Soledad and Malambo.
Governors
Order |
Name |
Term |
1 |
General Diego A De Castro |
1905 - 1906 |
2 |
Alberto Osorio |
1906 - 1907 |
3 |
José Francisco Insignares |
1907 - 1908 |
4 |
Daniel Carbonell |
1909 - 1910 |
5 |
Anastacio Del Río |
1910 - 1911 |
6 |
General Rafael María Palacio |
1913 - 1913 |
7 |
Pablo J. Bustillo |
1913 - 1914 |
8 |
Teodosio Goenaga |
1914 - 1915 |
9 |
Federico Castro Rodríguez |
1918 |
10 |
General Gabriel Martínez Aparicio |
1919 - 1922 |
11 |
General Eparquio González |
1922 - 1928 |
12 |
José Ulises Osorio |
1928 - 1930 |
13 |
Alberto Pumarejo |
1930 - 1931 |
14 |
Juan B. Fernández |
1931 - 1932 |
15 |
Juan Pablo Manotas |
1932 - 1934 |
16 |
Nicolás Llinás Vega |
1934 - 1935 |
17 |
José María Blanco Núñez |
1935 - 1936 |
18 |
Rafael Blanco De La Rosa |
1936 - 1938 |
19 |
Juan Antonio Donado |
1938 - 1940 |
20 |
Joaquín Ramón Lafaurie |
1940 - 1942 |
21 |
Alejo Solano Manotas |
1948 - 1949 |
22 |
Rafael Gerlein Y Villate |
1949 |
23 |
Alfredo Carbonell |
1949 - 1950 |
24 |
T. Quintero De Fex |
1950 - 1951 |
25 |
Eduardo Carbonell |
1951 - 1952 |
26 |
Próspero Carbonell |
1952 - 1953 |
27 |
General Marco A. Villamizar |
1953 - 1954 |
28 |
Coronel Jacinto E. Márquez |
1954 - 1956 |
29 |
Capitan Julio E. Cesar Canal |
1956 - 1957 |
30 |
Fernando J. Restrepo |
1957 |
31 |
Néstor Madrid Malo |
1957 - 1958 |
32 |
Alcides De La Espriella |
1958 - 1959 |
33 |
Eduardo Martínez Gómez |
1961 - 1962 |
34 |
José Victor Dugand R. |
1962 - 1963 |
35 |
Francisco Posada De La Peña |
1963 - 1965 |
36 |
Ernesto Mccausland |
1965 - 1966 |
37 |
Eduardo Marino |
1969 - 1970 |
38 |
Eduardo González Martínez |
1970 |
39 |
Álvaro Dugand Donado |
1970 - 1971 |
40 |
Antonio Abello Roca |
1971 - 1973 |
41 |
José Tcherassi Guzmán |
1973 - 1974 |
42 |
Roberto Gerlein Echeverría |
1974 - 1975 |
43 |
Rafael Maldonado De Castro |
1975 - 1976 |
44 |
Blanca Franco de Castro |
1976 - 1978 |
45 |
Pedro Martín Leyes Hernandez |
1978 - 1981 |
46 |
Roberto Pacini Solano |
1981 - 1982 |
47 |
Abel Francisco Carbonell |
1982 - 1984 |
48 |
Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala |
1984 - 1987 |
49 |
Gerardo Certain |
1987 |
50 |
Edgardo Sales Sales |
1987 - 1990 |
51 |
Arturo Sarabia Better |
1990 - 1991 |
52 |
Arnold Gómez Mendoza |
1991 |
53 |
Gustavo Bell Lemus |
1992 - 1994 |
54 |
Nelson Polo Hernández |
1995 - 1997 |
55 |
Rodolfo Espinosa Meola |
1998 - 2000 |
56 |
Ventura Díaz Mejía |
2000 - 2003 |
57 |
Alejandro Char |
2003 - 2003 |
58 |
Carlos Rodado Noriega |
2004 - 2007 |
59 |
Eduardo Verano De la Rosa |
2008 - 2011 |
Politics
Administrative divisions
Municipalities
- Baranoa
- Barranquilla
- Campo de la Cruz
- Candelaria
- Galapa
- Juan de Acosta
- Luruaco
- Malambo
- Manatí
- Palmar de Varela
- Piojó
- Polonuevo
- Ponedera
- Puerto Colombia
- Repelon
- Sabanagrande
- Sabanalarga
- Santa Lucía
- Santo Tomas
- Soledad
- Suan
- Tubará
- Usiacurí
References
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