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In 1886, Colombia was reorganized into a unitary republic (i.e. present-day Republic of Colombia), by abolishing the states and dividing the country into somewhat less autonomous departments with their own departmental governments; some of which were modelled after former states.
Capital district and Colombian regions 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.
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 popular vote for a four-year period or more.
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, 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.
Antioquia (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ) is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range. Antioquia has been part of many territorial ...
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.
According to Law 1617 of 2013, [1] for the creation of new districts, the following conditions must be met: They must have more than 600 thousand inhabitants, according to DANE certification , or be located in coastal areas, as long as they have potential for the development of ports or for tourism and culture; that is, they are the capital municipality of a border department.