The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 municipalities (municipios). Each one of them is led by a mayor (alcalde) elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments.

The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the Federación Colombiana de Municipios (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests.

Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the municipalities have the categories listed below:

Category Population Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages) Special category: 500,001 400,000 and over First category: 100,001 - 500,000 100,000 - 400,000 Second category: 50,001 - 100,000 50,000 - 100,000 Third category: 30,001 - 50,000 30,000 - 50,000 Fourth category: 20,001 - 30,000 25,000 - 30,000 Fifth category: 10,001 - 20,000 15,000 - 25,000 Sixth category: 0 - 10,000 15,000

Amazonas Department

Amazonas Department is composed of two municipalities, Leticia and Puerto Nariño, and by department corregimientos, which have special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only by indigenous peoples, and within the Amazon rainforest.

Municipalities Leticia Puerto Nariño

Antioquia Department

Arauca Department

Atlántico Department

Bogotá (Capital District)

Bogotá is divided into localities ():

Bolívar Department

Boyacá Department

Caldas Department

Caquetá Department

Casanare Department

Cauca Department

Cesar Department

Chocó Department

Córdoba Department

Cundinamarca Department

La Guajira Department

Albania Barrancas Dibulla Distracción El Molino Fonseca Hatonuevo La Jagua del Pilar Maicao Manaure Riohacha San Juan del Cesar Uribia Urumita Villanueva

Guainía Department

Municipalities Barrancominas Inirida

Guaviare Department

Calamar El Retorno Miraflores San José del Guaviare

Huila Department

Magdalena Department

Meta Department

Nariño Department

Norte de Santander Department

Putumayo Department

Quindío Department

Armenia Buenavista Calarcá Circasia Córdoba Filandia Génova La Tebaida Montenegro Pijao Quimbaya Salento

Risaralda Department

Apía Balboa Belén de Umbría Dosquebradas Guática La Celia La Virginia Marsella Mistrató Pereira Pueblo Rico Quinchía Santa Rosa de Cabal Santuario

San Andrés and Providencia Department Municipalities Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands

Non-municipalized areas San Andrés Islands

Santander Department

Sucre Department

Tolima Department

Valle del Cauca Department

Vaupés Department

Municipalities Carurú Mitú Taraira

Non-municipalized areas Pacoa Papunahua Yavaraté

Vichada Department

Cumaribo La Primavera Puerto Carreño Santa Rosalía

See also List of cities and towns in Colombia

References

External links Colombian Federation of Municipalities Libre University Municipalities of Colombia National Estatistics Department (DANE) 2005 Census on the 1,119 municipalities of Colombia