Place:Magdalena, Colombia

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NameMagdalena
Alt namesMagdalenasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDepartment
Coordinates10.0°N 74.5°W
Located inColombia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Magdalena is a department of Colombia with more than 1.3 million people, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River. It inherited the name of one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia that its current territory integrated.

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