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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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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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Category:Sucre Department
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Sucre Department
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sucre Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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