Departments of Colombia
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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.
[edit] Chart of departments
| Department | Capital | Area (km²) | Population | ||
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| 1 | Amazonas | Leticia | 109,665 | 80,360 | |
| 2 | Antioquia | Medellín | 63,612 | 5,750,478 | |
| 3 | Arauca | Arauca | 23,818 | 282,302 | |
| 4 | Atlántico | Barranquilla | 3,388 | 2,365,663 | |
| 5 | Bolívar | Cartagena | 25,978 | 2,229,967 | |
| 6 | Boyacá | Tunja | 23,189 | 1,411,239 | |
| 7 | Caldas | Manizales | 7,888 | 1,170,187 | |
| 8 | Caquetá | Florencia | 88,965 | 463,333 | |
| 9 | Casanare | Yopal | 44,640 | 325,713 | |
| 10 | Cauca | Popayán | 29,308 | 1,363,054 | |
| 11 | Cesar | Valledupar | 22,905 | 1,050,303 | |
| 12 | Chocó | Quibdó | 46,530 | 413,173 | |
| 13 | Córdoba | Montería | 25,020 | 1,392,905 | |
| 14 | Cundinamarca | Bogotá | 24,210 | *9,467,562 | |
| 15 | Guainía | Inirida | 72,238 | 43,314 | |
| 16 | Guaviare | San José del Guaviare | 53,460 | 133,236 | |
| 17 | Huila | Neiva | 19,890 | 994,218 | |
| 18 | La Guajira | Riohacha | 20,848 | 524,619 | |
| 19 | Magdalena | Santa Marta | 23,188 | 1,403,318 | |
| 20 | Meta | Villavicencio | 85,635 | 771,089 | |
| 21 | Nariño | Pasto | 33,268 | 1,775,139 | |
| 22 | Norte de Santander | Cúcuta | 21,658 | 1,493,932 | |
| 23 | Putumayo | Mocoa | 24,885 | 378,483 | |
| 24 | Quindío | Armenia | 1,845 | 613,375 | |
| 25 | Risaralda | Pereira | 4,140 | 1,024,362 | |
| 26 | San Andrés and Providencia | San Andrés | 52 | 83,491 | |
| 27 | Santander | Bucaramanga | 30,537 | 2,085,084 | |
| 28 | Sucre | Sincelejo | 10,917 | 868,648 | |
| 29 | Tolima | Ibagué | 23,562 | 1,312,972 | |
| 30 | Valle del Cauca | Cali | 22,140 | 4,524,678 | |
| 31 | Vaupés | Mitú | 54,135 | 33,152 | |
| 32 | Vichada | Puerto Carreño | 100,242 | 97,276 | |
| 33 | Bogotá, Distrito Capital | 1,587 | 7,117,984 | ||
| * Estimate includes the country's capital, Bogotá. | |||||
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