Santander Department

E33387

department of Colombia

Santander Department is a mountainous region in northeastern Colombia known for its colonial towns, adventure tourism, and significant role in the country’s coffee and agricultural production.

Aliases (1)

Departamento de Santander ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of Colombia →
bordersDepartment	Antioquia Department → Bolívar Department → Boyacá Department → Cesar Department → Norte de Santander Department →
capital	Bucaramanga →
country	Colombia →
economicActivity	cattle ranching → coffee cultivation → petroleum industry → sugarcane cultivation →
hasHeritageSite	historic center of Barichara → historic center of Girón →
hasMajorLandform	Chicamocha Canyon → Cordillera Oriental of the Andes →
hasMajorRiver	Chicamocha River → Fonce River → Magdalena River → Suárez River →
hasMunicipality	Barichara → Barrancabermeja → Floridablanca → Girón → Piedecuesta → San Gil → Socorro → Vélez → Zapatoca →
historicalEvent	Comuneros Revolt region →
historicalRole	important center in Colombian independence movements →
knownFor	adventure tourism → agricultural production → coffee production → colonial towns → mountainous terrain →
language	Spanish →
largestCity	Bucaramanga →
locatedInPartOfCountry	northeastern Colombia →
locatedInRegion	Andean Region of Colombia →
namedAfter	Francisco de Paula Santander →
officialName	Departamento de Santander →
popularActivities	caving → paragliding → rafting → trekking →
timeZone	Colombia Standard Time →
tourismType	adventure tourism →
utcOffset	UTC−05:00 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cundinamarca → Cundinamarca Department → Departamento de Cundinamarca ("Departamento de Santander") →	borders
Boyacá Department →	borderedBy
Antioquia Department →	hasBorderWith
Andean Region of Colombia →	includesDepartment
Santander Department ("Departamento de Santander") →	officialName
Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →	passesThrough