Place:Sucre, Colombia

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NameSucre
Alt namesSucresource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates9.0°N 75°W
Located inColombia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Achí
Corozal
Majagual
Ovejas
Sampués
San Marcos
San Onofre
San Pedro
Sincelejo ( 1776 - )
Sincé
Sucre
Tolú
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Sucre is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, 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.

As of 2009, the Sucre Department has an estimated population of 802,733, of which 234,886 are in the department capital Sincelejo, according to the DANE projections.

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