The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Colombia, Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 municipality, municipalities (''municipios''). 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 Colombian Constitution of 1991, constitutional Freedom of association, right to free association to defend their common interests.

Amazonas (Colombian department), Amazonas Department

The Department of Amazonas is formed by two municipalities, Leticia and Puerto Nariño, and by "department corregimientos", which have 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 in Colombia, indigenous peoples, and within the Amazon rainforest. ;Municipalities # Leticia, Amazonas, Leticia # Puerto Nariño

Antioquia Department

Arauca Department

Atlántico Department

Bogotá (Capital District)

Bogotá is divided into localities ():

Bolívar Department

Boyacá Department

Caldas Department

Caquetá Department

Casanare Department

Cauca Department

Cesar Department

Chocó Department

Córdoba Department

Cundinamarca Department

La Guajira Department

# Albania, La Guajira, Albania # Barrancas, La Guajira, Barrancas # Dibulla, La Guajira, Dibulla # Distracción, La Guajira, Distracción # El Molino, La Guajira, El Molino # Fonseca, La Guajira, Fonseca # Hatonuevo # La Jagua del Pilar # Maicao # Manaure, La Guajira, Manaure # Riohacha Municipality, Riohacha # San Juan del Cesar # Uribia, La Guajira, Uribia # Urumita # Villanueva, La Guajira, Villanueva

Guainía Department

;Municipalities # Barranco Minas, Barrancominas # Inírida, Guainía, Inirida

Guaviare Department

# Calamar, Guaviare, Calamar # El Retorno # Miraflores, Guaviare, Miraflores # San José del Guaviare

Huila Department

Magdalena Department

Meta Department

Nariño Department

Norte de Santander Department

Putumayo Department

Quindío Department

# Armenia, Colombia, Armenia # Buenavista, Quindío, Buenavista # Calarcá # Circasia, Quindío, Circasia # Córdoba, Quindío, Córdoba # Filandia, Quindío, Filandia # Génova, Quindío, Génova # La Tebaida, Quindío, La Tebaida # Montenegro, Quindío, Montenegro # Pijao, Quindío, Pijao # Quimbaya, Quindío, Quimbaya # Salento, Quindío, Salento

Risaralda Department

# Apía, Risaralda, Apía # Balboa, Risaralda, Balboa # Belén de Umbría # Dosquebradas # Guática # La Celia # La Virginia # Marsella # Mistrató # Pereira, Colombia, Pereira # Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Pueblo Rico # Quinchía # Santa Rosa de Cabal # Santuario, Risaralda, Santuario

Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, San Andrés and Providencia Department

Municipalities # Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands ;Non-municipalized areas # San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, San Andrés Islands

Santander Department

Sucre Department

Tolima Department

Valle del Cauca Department

Vaupés Department

;Municipalities # Carurú # Mitú # Taraira ;Non-municipalized areas # Pacoa # Papunahua # Yavaraté

Vichada Department

# Cumaribo # La Primavera, Vichada, La Primavera # Puerto Carreño # Santa Rosalía, Vichada, Santa Rosalía

References

External links

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Colombian Federation of Municipalities
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National Estatistics Department (DANE) 2005 Census on the 1,119 municipalities of Colombia
{{Colombia topics Municipalities of Colombia, Subdivisions of Colombia

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