kids encyclopedia robot

Municipalities of Colombia facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Mapa de Colombia (+municipios)
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 1,122 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 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 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

Amazonas Department

Mapa de Amazonas (político)
Municipalities of Amazonas and its department corregimientos.

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
Special Corregimientos
  1. El Encanto
  2. La Chorrera
  3. La Pedrera
  4. La Victoria
  5. Mirití-Paraná
  6. Puerto Alegría
  7. Puerto Arica
  8. Puerto Santander
  9. Tarapacá

Antioquia Department

Mapa de Antioquia (político)
Municipalities of Antioquia.

Arauca Department

Mapa de Arauca (político)
Municipalities of Arauca

Atlántico Department

Mapa del Atlántico (político)
Municipalities of Atlántico. The district and urban area of Barranquilla is highlighted

Bogotá, Capital District

Mapa del Distrito Capital de Bogotá (político)
Bogotá Capital District with its 20 localities

Bogotá is divided into localities (localidades):

  1. Antonio Nariño
  2. Barrios Unidos
  3. Bosa
  4. Chapinero
  5. Ciudad Bolívar
  6. Engativá
  7. Fontibón
  8. Kennedy
  9. La Candelaria
  10. Los Mártires
  11. Puente Aranda
  12. Rafael Uribe Uribe
  13. San Cristóbal
  14. Santa Fe
  15. Suba
  16. Sumapaz
  17. Teusaquillo
  18. Tunjuelito
  19. Usaquén
  20. Usme

Bolívar Department

Mapa de Bolívar (político)
Municipalities of Bolívar.

Boyacá Department

Mapa de Boyacá (político)
Municipalities of Boyacá. The district and urban area of Tunja high lightened

Caldas Department

Mapa de Caldas (político)
Municipalities of Caldas.

Caquetá Department

Mapa de Caquetá (político)
Municipalities of Caquetá.

Casanare Department

Mapa de Casanare (político)
Municipalities of Casanare.

Cauca Department

Mapa de Cauca (político)
Municipalities of Cauca.

Cesar Department

Mapa de Cesar (político)
Municipalities of Cesar.

Chocó Department

Mapa de Chocó (político)
Municipalities of Chocó.

Córdoba Department

Mapa de Córdoba (político)
Municipalities in the Córdoba Department.

Cundinamarca Department

Mapa de Cundinamarca + Distrito Capital (político)
Municipalities of Cundinamarca and the Capital District.

La Guajira Department

Mapa de La Guajira (político)
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

Guainía Department

Mapa de Guainía (político)
Municipalities of Guainía.
  1. Barranco Minas
  2. Cacahual
  3. Inirida
  4. La Guadalupe
  5. Morichal Nuevo
  6. Pana Pana
  7. Puerto Colombia
  8. San Felipe

Guaviare Department

Mapa de Guaviare (político)
Municipalities of Guaviare.
  1. Calamar
  2. El Retorno
  3. Miraflores
  4. San José del Guaviare

Huila Department

Mapa de Huila (político)
Municipalities of Huila.

Magdalena Department

Mapa de Magdalena (político)
Municipalities of Magdalena.

Meta Department

Mapa de Meta (político)
Municipalities of Meta.

Nariño Department

Mapa de Nariño (político)
Municipalities of Nariño.

Norte de Santander Department

Mapa de Norte de Santander (político)
Municipalities of Norte de Santander.

Putumayo Department

Mapa de Putumayo (político)
Municipalities of Putumayo.

Quindío Department

Mapa de Quindío (político)
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

Risaralda Department

Mapa de Risaralda (político)
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

San Andrés and Providencia Department

Islas de San Andrés y Providencia
Municipalities of San Andres and Providencia
  1. Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
  2. San Andrés

Santander Department

Mapa de Santander (político)
Municipalities of Santander.

Sucre Department

Mapa de Sucre (político)
Municipalities of Sucre.

Tolima Department

Mapa de Tolima (político)
Municipalities of Tolima.

Valle del Cauca Department

Mapa de Valle del Cauca (político)
Municipalities of Valle del Cauca.

Vaupés Department

Mapa de Vaupés (político)
Municipalities of Vaupés.
Municipalities
  1. Caruru
  2. Mitú
  3. Taraira
Department Corregimientos
  1. Pacoa
  2. Papunahua
  3. Yavarate
Municipal Corregimientos
  1. Acaricuara
  2. Villa Fátima

Vichada Department

Mapa de Vichada (político)
Municipalities of Vichada.
  1. Cumaribo (including the former department corregimientos of San José de Ocune and Santa Rita)
  2. La Primavera
  3. Puerto Carreño
  4. Santa Rosalía

Districts

  • 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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Municipios de Colombia para niños

kids search engine
Municipalities of Colombia Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.