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The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the
The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only by indigenous peoples and within the Amazon rainforest.
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# Leticia
# Puerto Nariño
Bogotá is divided into localities (''localidades''):
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# Barranco Minas
# Cacahual
# Inirida
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# Calamar
# El Retorno
# Miraflores
# San José del Guaviare
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# Apía
# Balboa
# Belén de Umbría
# Dosquebradas
# Guática
# La Celia
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# Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
# San Andrés
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# Caruru
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# Cumaribo (including the former department corregimientos of San José de Ocune and Santa Rita)
# La Primavera
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* 1954 Special District of Bogotá
* 1991: Capital District of Bogotá, Industrial and Portuarial District of Barranquilla, Historical, Cultural and Touristic District of Santa Marta and Cultural and Touristic District of Cartagena
* 2007: Historical and Cultural District of Tunja, Special Industrial, Portuarial, Biodiverse and Ecotouristic, District of Buenaventura, Special, Ecotouristic, Historical and Universitarian District of Popayán, Special Portuarial District of Turbo, Special Border and Touristic District of Cúcuta, Special Industrial, Portuarial, Biodiverse and Ecotouristic, District of Tumaco
Colombian Federation of Municipalities
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National Estatistics Department (DANE) 2005 Census on the 1,119 municipalities of Colombia
{{Colombia topics Subdivisions of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Cari ...
. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipio
' (, ) and ' () are country subdivisions in Italy and several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality". In the English language, a municipality often is defined as relating to a single city or ...
s''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments.
The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests.
Categories
Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the municipalities have the categories listed below:
Amazonas Department
Amazonas () is a department of Southern Colombia in the south of the country. It is the largest department in area while also having the 3rd smallest population. Its capital is Leticia and its name comes from the Amazon River, which drains the ...
The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only by indigenous peoples and within the Amazon rainforest.
;Municipalities
# Leticia
# Puerto Nariño
Arauca Department
Arauca () is a department of Eastern Colombia located in the extreme north of the Orinoco Basin of Colombia (the Llanos Orientales), bordering Venezuela. The southern boundary of Arauca is formed by the Casanare and Meta Rivers, separating ...
Bogotá is divided into localities (''localidades''):
Chocó Department
Choco Department is a department of Western Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It ...
# Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
# Barrancas
# Dibulla
# Distracción
# El Molino
# Fonseca
# Hatonuevo
# La Jagua del Pilar
La Jagua del Pilar (), literally "The Jagua of the Pillar", is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality has a total area of 187 km² and located some 450 meters over sea level and with an average ...
# Maicao
# Manaure
# Riohacha
Riohacha (; Wayuu: ) is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean Sea. It is the capital city of the La Guajira Department. It has a sandy beach waterfr ...
# San Juan del Cesar
# Uribia
# Urumita
# Villanueva
# Barranco Minas
# Cacahual
# Inirida
# La Guadalupe
La Guadalupe () is a village and municipality in the Guainía Department, Colombia. La Guadalupe borders the corregimiento
''Corregimiento'' (; ca, Corregiment, ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purpos ...
# Morichal Nuevo
Morichal Nuevo is a town and municipality in the Guainía Department
Guainía (; Yuri language: "Land of many waters") is a department of Eastern Colombia. It is in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela and Brazil. Its capital is Iní ...
# Pana Pana
# Puerto Colombia
# San Felipe
# Calamar
# El Retorno
# Miraflores
# San José del Guaviare
Meta Department
Meta () is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known a ...
Norte de Santander Department
North Santander (Spanish: Norte de Santander) () is a department of Northeastern Colombia. It is in the north of the country, bordering Venezuela. Its capital is Cúcuta, one of the country's major cities.
North Santander is bordered by Venez ...
Putumayo Department
Putumayo () is a department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.
The word ''putumayo'' comes from the Quechua languages. The verb ''p'utuy'' means "to spring forth" ...
# Armenia
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# Buenavista
# Calarcá
# Circasia
# Córdoba
# Filandia
# Génova
# La Tebaida
# Montenegro
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# Pijao
# Quimbaya
# Salento
Salento (Salentino: ''Salentu'', Salentino Griko: ''Σαλέντο'') is a cultural, historical and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia in Southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, ...
Risaralda Department
Risaralda () or "Rizaralde", is a landlocked department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira.
It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966. Risar ...
# Apía
# Balboa
# Belén de Umbría
# Dosquebradas
# Guática
# La Celia
# La Virginia
La Virginia (, elevation 920 m) is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near N ...
# Marsella
# Mistrató
# Pereira
# Pueblo Rico
# Quinchía
# Santa Rosa de Cabal
Santa Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department, of west central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central.
It is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural and pastoral h ...
# Santuario
San Andrés and Providencia Department
# Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
# San Andrés
Vaupés Department Vaupés may refer to:
* Vaupés River
Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia, flowing east through Guaviare and Vaupés Departments. It forms part of the int ...
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# Caruru
# Mitú
Mitú () is the capital town of the department of Vaupés in Colombia. It is a small town located in South eastern Colombia in the Amazon Basin. Founded in 1936, Mitú lies next to the Vaupés River at 180 meters above sea level. It is where th ...
# Taraira
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# Pacoa
# Papunahua
# Yavarate
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# Acaricuara
# Villa Fátima
# Cumaribo (including the former department corregimientos of San José de Ocune and Santa Rita)
# La Primavera
# Puerto Carreño
Puerto Carreño () is the departmental capital, and a municipality, of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia.
History
In 1913 the Colombian government created the province (comisaria) of Vichada and it was decided that its capital ...
# Santa Rosalía
References
External links
*Colombian Federation of Municipalities
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National Estatistics Department (DANE) 2005 Census on the 1,119 municipalities of Colombia
{{Colombia topics Subdivisions of Colombia