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.
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- Categories
- Amazonas Department
- Antioquia Department
- Arauca Department
- Atlántico Department
- Bogotá (Capital District)
- Bolívar Department
- Boyacá Department
- Caldas Department
- Caquetá Department
- Casanare Department
- Cauca Department
- Cesar Department
- Chocó Department
- Córdoba Department
- Cundinamarca Department
- La Guajira Department
- Guainía Department
- Guaviare Department
- Huila Department
- Magdalena Department
- Meta Department
- Nariño Department
- Norte de Santander Department
- Putumayo Department
- Quindío Department
- Risaralda Department
- San Andrés and Providencia Department
- Santander Department
- Sucre Department
- Tolima Department
- Valle del Cauca Department
- Vaupés Department
- Vichada Department
- See also
- References
- External links
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]
