Municipalities of Colombia

The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,104 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.

Municipalities of Colombia

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.[1]

Categories

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Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 [2] the municipalities have the categories listed below:

Category Population more than Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages)
Especial category: 500,001 inhabitants 400,000 and over
First category: 100,001 - 500,000 100,000 - 400,000
Second category: 50,001 - 100,000 50,000 - 100,000
Third category: 30,001 - 50,000 30,000 - 50,000
Fourth category: 20,001 - 30,000 25,000 - 30,000
Fifth category: 10,001 - 20,000 15,000 - 25,000
Sixth category: 0 - 10,000 15,000
 
Municipalities of Amazonas and its Non-municipalized areas.

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
  1. Leticia
  2. Puerto Nariño
 
Municipalities of Antioquia.
 
Municipalities of Arauca
 
Municipalities of Atlántico.
 
Bogotá (Capital District) with its 20 localities

Bogotá is divided into localities (localidades):

 
Municipalities of Bolívar.
 
Municipalities of Boyacá.
 
Municipalities of Caldas.
 
Municipalities of Caquetá.
 
Municipalities of Casanare.
 
Municipalities of Cauca.
 
Municipalities of Cesar.
 
Municipalities of Chocó.
 
Municipalities in Córdoba.
 
Municipalities of Cundinamarca and the Capital District.m
 
Municipalities of Guajira.
  1. Albania
  2. Barrancas
  3. Dibulla
  4. Distracción
  5. El Molino
  6. Fonseca
  7. Hatonuevo
  8. La Jagua del Pilar
  9. Maicao
  10. Manaure
  11. Riohacha
  12. San Juan del Cesar
  13. Uribia
  14. Urumita
  15. Villanueva
 
Municipalities of Guainía and its Non-municipalized areas.
Municipalities
  1. Barrancominas
  2. Inirida
 
Municipalities of Guaviare.
  1. Calamar
  2. El Retorno
  3. Miraflores
  4. San José del Guaviare
 
Municipalities of Huila.
 
Municipalities of Magdalena.
 
Municipalities of Meta.
 
Municipalities of Nariño.
 
Municipalities of Norte de Santander.
 
Municipalities of Putumayo.
 
Municipalities of Quindío.
  1. Armenia
  2. Buenavista
  3. Calarcá
  4. Circasia
  5. Córdoba
  6. Filandia
  7. Génova
  8. La Tebaida
  9. Montenegro
  10. Pijao
  11. Quimbaya
  12. Salento
 
Municipalities of Risaralda.
  1. Apía
  2. Balboa
  3. Belén de Umbría
  4. Dosquebradas
  5. Guática
  6. La Celia
  7. La Virginia
  8. Marsella
  9. Mistrató
  10. Pereira
  11. Pueblo Rico
  12. Quinchía
  13. Santa Rosa de Cabal
  14. Santuario
 
Municipalities of San Andres and Providencia

Municipalities

  1. Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
Non-municipalized areas
  1. San Andrés Islands
 
Municipalities of Santander.
 
Municipalities of Sucre.
 
Municipalities of Tolima.
 
Municipalities of Valle del Cauca.
 
Municipalities of Vaupés and its Non-municipalized areas.
Municipalities
  1. Caruru
  2. Mitú
  3. Taraira
Non-municipalized areas
  1. Pacoa
  2. Papunahua
  3. Yavarate
 
Municipalities of Vichada.
  1. Cumaribo
  2. La Primavera
  3. Puerto Carreño
  4. Santa Rosalía

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nuestra Entidad - FCM" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  2. ^ Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267
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