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The ombudsman, or People's Defender (Spanish: Defensor del Pueblo), is an official appointed by the President, and elected by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, to head this agency. [ 4 ] The Ombudsman’s Office is funded through the Inspector General’s Office , but it operates independently in administration and budget. [ 4 ]
The Ministry of Transport was created in 1905 during the presidency of Rafael Reyes under the name of Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte or Ministry of Public Works and Transport with the main function of taking care of national assets issues, including mines, oil (fuel), patents and trade marks, railways, roads, bridges, national buildings and land not privately owned.
The rice bread is a snack made with rice and curd which is currently carrying a special safeguard plan before the Ministry of Culture of Colombia and also through the Association of bread producers and marketers of Rice Meta ( ASPAMET) with the help of the Chamber of Commerce of Villavicencio, are promoting the product to aspire to have a ...
This article lists cities in Colombia by population, according to National Administrative Department of Statistics (commonly referred to as DANE in Spanish). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All cities listed must have a population of at least 100,000 residents, because this is a list of cities not towns.
The Salamanca Island Road Park (Spanish: Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca) is a national park located in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, on the western outskirts of the city of Ciénaga in the Magdalena Department.
Pereira is located within the Golden Triangle of Colombia, a broad zone informally delimited by tracing this figure over the map of Bogotá, Medellín and Cali.More narrowly defined, Pereira lies in the Central Cordillera (mountain range) of Colombia in the Otún and Cauca river valleys.
The Directorate for Citizens Security or Dirección de Seguridad Ciudadana is a branch of the Colombian National Police, currently led by Operative Director Brigadier General Luis Alberto Gómez, controls strategic police services in cities, metropolitan areas, police departments and decentralized units.. It was formerly known as the Direccion ...
José María Córdova International Airport (IATA: MDE, ICAO: SKRG) is an international airport located in the city of Rionegro, 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Medellín, and is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infrastructure and passenger service.