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Norte de Santander Department

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Summary

Norte de Santander Department is a department of Colombia[1]. It draws 1,131 Wikipedia views per month (department of colombia category, ranking #19 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colombia[3]
  • Country: Colombia[4]
  • Capital: Cúcuta[5]
  • Shares border with: Cesar Department[6], Santander Department[7], Boyacá Department[8], Apure[9], Táchira[10], Zulia[11]
  • Anthem: ¡Del norte bravos hijos![12]
  • Legislative body: departmental assembly of Norte de Santander[13]
  • Executive body: office of the governor of Norte de Santander department[14]
  • Commons category: Norte de Santander Department[15]
  • Inception: January 1, 1910[16]
  • Official website: http://www.nortedesantander.gov.co/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Norte de Santander Department[18]
  • Commons gallery: Norte de Santander[19]
  • Population: 1,620,318[20]
  • Office held by head of government: Governor of Norte de Santander[21]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the department of Norte de Santander[22]
  • Category for people who died here: Q9679445[23]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Norte de Santander Department[24]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2283 m[25]
  • Area: 21658.0 km²[26]
  • Language used: Barí[27], Western Tunebo[28]

Why It Matters

Norte de Santander Department has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Colombia Cúcuta

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . dane.gov.co. dane.gov.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Panorámica de San José de Cúcuta, Colombia.jpg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Panorámica de San José de Cúcuta, Colombia.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261402|batch #261402]]"
  2. 20w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+21658.0'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2283'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Norte de Santander Department
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: flag of the Department of Norte de Santander, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780213868597"
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