Subdivisions of Colombia

Subdivisions of Colombia

Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments (Spanish: "departamentos", sing. "departamento") and a Capital District ("Distrito Capital"). Each department has a Governor ("gobernador") and a Department Assembly ("Asamblea Departamental"), elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected consecutively.

Departments are formed by a grouping of municipalities (Spanish: "municipios", sing. "municipio"). Municipal government is composed by a mayor ("alcalde") and a Municipal Council ("concejo municipal"), both of them elected by the people for a four-year period.

The Capital District is the country's capital, Bogotá. It is partially dependent on the Department of Cundinamarca that surrounds it.

ee also

*Departments of Colombia
*Municipalities of Colombia
*List of cities in Colombia
*Corregimiento


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