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Sucre Department
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Sucre Department is an administrative region located in Colombia, one of the country's departments that serves as a subdivision for governance and organization. It matters as part of Colombia's territorial structure, contributing to the nation's political, economic, and social development at the regional level.
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- Instance of
- department of Colombia
- Official name
- Departamento de Sucre
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Colombia
- Contains
- Sucre
- Capital
- Sincelejo
- Population
- 949252
- Area
- 10917
- Elevation
- 31
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Bolívar Department
- Official website
- www.sucre.gov.co
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sucre Department
- Commons category
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- Commons gallery
- Sucre Department
- inception
- 1966-08-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sucre Department
- native label
- Departamento de Sucre
- different from
- Sucre
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Encyclopedic overview
Sucre ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsukɾe]) is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, 10,670 km (4,120 sq mi) and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by Bolívar Department on the east and by Córdoba Department on the west.
Sucre was named in honor of the Independence hero Antonio José de Sucre who was quoted by the founders of this department in reference to Simón Bolívar's death as saying "They have killed my heart", expression said while cruising the territory of the present day Sucre Department.
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