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The Federal State of Magdalena (Estado Federal de Magdalena), which included the provinces of El Banco, Padilla, Santa Marta, Tenerife and Valledupar. The nation was formed by the union of these Sovereign States which were confederated in perpetuity to form a Sovereign Nation , free and independent under the name of the “ Granadine ...
Distrito Capital y los Departamentos de Colombia ; Category: Unitary state: Location: Republic of Colombia: Number: 32 Departments 1 Capital District: Populations: 48,932 – 8,906,342 (Capital District) Areas: 50 km 2 (19.3 sq mi) (San Andrés) – 109,665.0 km 2 (42,341.89 sq mi) Government
Colombia is divided into 32 departments. These in turn are divided into municipalities, though some receive the special category of district.However, there are also provinces, a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
Municipalities of Amazonas and its Non-municipalized areas.. 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.
Antioquia is the sixth-largest Department of Colombia.It is predominantly mountainous, crossed by the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes.The Cordillera Central divides to form the Aburrá valley, in which the capital, Medellín, is located.
Norte de Santander Department is located in the northwestern zone of the Colombian Andean Region. The area of present-day Norte de Santander played an important role in the history of Colombia, during the War of Independence from Spain when Congress gave origin to the Greater Colombia in Villa del Rosario.
It is considered the only tri-racial region, giving it the status of the most diverse and mixed region in the country, as the predominant ethnic group in the region is the Pardo, a mixture of European, mainly Spanish, the indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian unlike the other regions, where predominantly White, Castizo and Mestizo of Colombia such as Andean Region and Orinoquia Region and ...