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Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Politics of Colombia take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic Republic, whereby the President of Colombia The Political Constitution of Colombia, promulgated in 1991 and better known as the Constitution of 1991, is the current governing document of the Republic of Colombia List of Presidents of Colombia The President of Colombia (Presidente de Colombia is the Head of state and Head of government of the Republic of Colombia The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Colombia is part of the executive power and according to the presidential orientation of the Colombian Constitution of The Vice President of Colombia is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of Colombia upon certain absences or death resignation The Congress of the Republic of Colombia (Congreso de la República de Colombia is the name given to Colombia 's Bicameral national Legislature. The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Senado de la República de Colombia is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. This article lists political parties in Colombia. Colombia has historically maintained a Two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political Elections in Colombia is regulated and controlled by the National Electoral Council which also gives information on Elections and election results in for the Politics On March 12 2006 Colombians went to the polls to elect Senate and Chamber of Representatives. The 2006 Colombian presidential election was held on 28 May 2006. The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. The Military of Colombia, officially the Military Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Militares de Colombia is the Armed forces of Colombia. The Colombian armed conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict in Colombia seeks diplomatic and commercial relations with all countries regardless of their ideologies or political or economic systems Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. 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. The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or 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. Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá It is partially dependent on the Department of Cundinamarca that surrounds it.
Chart of departments
| Department | Capital | Area (km²) | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
See also
- ISO 3166-2:CO
- List of Colombian flags
- List of country subdivisions
- List of continents, countries, and political subdivisions by total area
External links
- (French) List of Colombian departments governors
- Departments of Colombia at statoids. ISO 3166-2CO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Colombia. This is a list of Flags used in Colombia. For more information about the National flag, visit the article Flag of Colombia. Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population This is an index of a series of comprehensive lists of Continents countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states provinces and territories com