Category Location Number Populations (Departments only) :33,152 (Vaupés) – 5,750,478 (Antioquia)Areas (Departments only) :50 km2 (19.3 sq mi) (San Andrés) – 109,665.0 km2 (42,341.89 sq mi) (Amazonas)Government Subdivisions Colombia
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Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos , sing. departamento ) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital ).[1] 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 in consecutive periods. Departments are country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy.
Departments are formed by a grouping of municipalities (municipios , sing. municipio ). Municipal government is headed by mayor (alcalde ) and administered by a Municipal Council (concejo municipal ), both of which are elected for four-year periods.
Contents 1 Chart of departments 1.1 Territorios indígenas 2 History 2.1 República de la Gran Colombia 2.2 República de la Nueva Granada 2.3 República de Colombia 3 Maps gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Chart of departments Each one of the departments of Colombia in the map below links to a corresponding article. Current governors serving four-year terms from 2015 to 2019 are also shown, along with their respective political party or coalition.
ID Department Governor Party Capital Area (km²) Population Established 00 Capital District Enrique Peñalosa CR 7003158700000000000♠ 1,5877006825472200000000♠ 8,254,7221538 01 Amazonas Manuel Antonio Carebilla Cuéllar CR 7005109665000000000♠ 109,6657004803600000000000♠ 80,3601991 02 Antioquia Luis Pérez Liberal 7004636120000000000♠ 63,6127006575047800000000♠ 5,750,4781826 03 Arauca Ricardo Alvarado Bestene La U 7004238180000000000♠ 23,8187005282302000000000♠ 282,3021991 04 Atlántico Eduardo I. Verano de la Rosa Liberal 7003338800000000000♠ 3,3887006236566300000000♠ 2,365,6631910 05 Bolívar Dumek José Turbay Paz Liberal 7004259780000000000♠ 25,9787006222996700000000♠ 2,229,9671857 06 Boyacá Carlos Andrés Amaya Rodríguez Green 7004231890000000000♠ 23,1897006141123900000000♠ 1,411,2391539 07 Caldas Guido Echeverri Piedrahíta La U 7003788800000000000♠ 7,8887006117018700000000♠ 1,170,1871905 08 Caquetá Álvaro Pacheco Álvarez Liberal 7004889650000000000♠ 88,9657005463333000000000♠ 463,3331982 09 Casanare Josue Alirio Barrera Rodríguez CD 7004446400000000000♠ 44,6407005325713000000000♠ 325,7131991 10 Cauca Óscar Rodrigo Campo Hurtado Liberal 7004293080000000000♠ 29,3087006136305400000000♠ 1,363,0541857 11 Cesar Francisco Fernando Ovalle Angarita La U 7004229050000000000♠ 22,9057006105030300000000♠ 1,050,3031967 12 Chocó Jhoany Carlos Alberto Palacios Mosquera Liberal 7004465300000000000♠ 46,5307005413173000000000♠ 413,1731947 13 Córdoba Edwin José Besaile Fayad La U 7004250200000000000♠ 25,0207006139290500000000♠ 1,392,9051952 14 Cundinamarca Jorge Emilio Rey Ángel CR 7004242100000000000♠ 24,2107006268004100000000♠ 2,680,0411857 15 Guainía Javier Eliecer Zapata Parrado Liberal 7004722380000000000♠ 72,2387004433140000000000♠ 43,3141963 16 Guaviare Nebio De Jesús Echeverry Cadavid AICO 7004534600000000000♠ 53,4607005133236000000000♠ 133,2361991 17 Huila Carlos Julio González Villa CR 7004198900000000000♠ 19,8907005994218000000000♠ 994,2181905 18 La Guajira Oneida Rayeth Pinto Pérez CR 7004208480000000000♠ 20,8487005524619000000000♠ 524,6191965 19 Magdalena Rosa Cotes De Zuñiga CR 7004231880000000000♠ 23,1887006140331800000000♠ 1,403,3181824 20 Meta Marcela Amaya Liberal 7004856350000000000♠ 85,6357005771089000000000♠ 771,0891960 21 Nariño Camilo Romero Green 7004332680000000000♠ 33,2687006177513900000000♠ 1,775,1391904 22 Norte de Santander William Villamizar Laguado La U 7004216580000000000♠ 21,6587006149393200000000♠ 1,493,9321910 23 Putumayo Sorrel Parisa Aroca Rodríguez Green 7004248850000000000♠ 24,8857005378483000000000♠ 378,4831991 24 Quindío Carlos Eduardo Osorio Buritica N/A 7003184500000000000♠ 1,8457005613375000000000♠ 613,3751966 25 Risaralda Sigifredo Salazar Osorio Conservative 7003414000000000000♠ 4,1407006102436200000000♠ 1,024,3621966 26 Ronald Housni Jaller Liberal 7001520000000000000♠ 527004834910000000000♠ 83,4911991 27 Santander Didier Alberto Tavera Amado Liberal 7004305370000000000♠ 30,5377006208508400000000♠ 2,085,0841857 28 Sucre Edgar Enrique Martínez Romero CR 7004109170000000000♠ 10,9177005868648000000000♠ 868,6481966 29 Tolima Óscar Barreto Quiroga Conservative 7004235620000000000♠ 23,5627006131297200000000♠ 1,312,9721886 30 Valle del Cauca Dilian Francisca Toro Torres La U 7004221400000000000♠ 22,1407006452467800000000♠ 4,524,6781910 31 Vaupés Jesús María Vásquez Caicedo CR 7004541350000000000♠ 54,1357004331520000000000♠ 33,1521991 32 Vichada Luis Carlos Álvarez Morales La U 7005100242000000000♠ 100,2427004972760000000000♠ 97,2761991
Estimate for Cundinamarca includes the country's capital, Bogotá. Territorios indígenas Main article: Indigenous territory (Colombia)
The indigenous territories are at the third level of administrative division in Colombia, as are the municipalities. Indigenous territories are created by agreement between the government and indigenous communities. In cases where indigenous territories covering more than one department or municipality, local governments jointly administer them with the indigenous councils, as set out in Articles 329 and 330 of the Colombian Constitution of 1991. Also indigenous territories may achieve local autonomy if they meet the requirements of the law.
Article 329 of the 1991 constitution recognizes the collective indigenous ownership of indigenous territories and repeats that are inalienable. Law 160 of 1994 created the National System of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Campesino, and replaced Law 135 of 1961 on Agrarian Social Reform; it establishes and sets out the functions of INCORA, one of the most important being to declare which territories will acquire the status of indigenous protection and what extension of existing ones will be allowed. Decree 2164 of 1995 interprets Law 160 of 1994, providing, among other things, a legal definition of indigenous territories.[2]
Indigenous territories in Colombia are mostly in the departments of Amazonas, Cauca, La Guajira, Guaviare and Vaupés.[1]
History República de la Gran Colombia Main article: Subdivisions of Gran Colombia
When it was first established in 1819, República de la Gran Colombia had three departments. Venezuela, Cundinamarca (now Colombia) and Quito (now Ecuador).[3] In 1824 the Distrito del Centro (which became Colombia) was divided into five departments, and further divided into seventeen provinces. One department, Istmo Department, consisting of two provinces later became Panama.[4]
República de la Nueva Granada With the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1826 by the Revolution of the Morrocoyes (La Cosiata ), New Granada kept its 17 provinces. In 1832 the provinces of Vélez and Barbacoas were created, and in 1835 those of Buenaventura and Pasto were added. In 1843 those of Cauca, Mompós and Túquerres were created. At this time the cantons (cantones ) and parish districts were created, which provided the basis for the present-day municipalities.[4] [5]
By 1853 the number of provinces had increased to thirty-six, namely:Antioquia, Azuero, Barbacoas, Bogotá, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Chiriquí, Chocó, Córdova, Cundinamarca, García Rovira, Mariquita, Medellín, Mompós, Neiva, Ocaña, Pamplona, Panamá, Pasto, Popayán, Riohacha, Sabanilla, Santa Marta, Santander, Socorro, Soto, Tequendama, Tunja, Tundama, Túquerres, Valle de Upar, Veraguas, Vélez and Zipaquirá.[5] However, the new constitution of 1853 introduced federalism, which lead to the consolidation of provinces into states. By 1858 this process was complete, with a resulting eight federal states: Panamá was formed in 1855, Antioquia in 1856, Santander in May 1857, and Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca and Magdalena were formed in June 1858. 1861 saw the creation of the final federal state of Tolima.[6]
República de Colombia The Colombian Constitution of 1886 converted the states of Colombia into departments, with the state presidents renamed as governors. The states formed the following original departments:
Antioquia Department Bolívar Department Boyacá Department Cauca Department Cundinamarca Department Magdalena Department Panamá Department Santander Department Tolima Department Maps gallery Departments of Colombia with municipalities
Map with numbered departments
Departments of Colombia with names
Political map of Colombia
Topography of Colombia, highly variable per department
See also ISO 3166-2:CO List of Colombian flags List of country subdivisions List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area States of Colombia References ^ a b "Division Política de Colombia" (in Spanish). Portal ColombiaYA.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. ^ Decree 2164 of 1995 provides "Reserva Indígena. Es un globo de terreno baldío ocupado por una o varias comunidades indígenas que fué delimitado y legalmente asignado por el INCORA a aquellas para que ejerzan en él los derechos de uso y usufructo con exclusión de terceros. Las reservas indígenas constituyen tierras comunales de grupos étnicos, para los fines previstos en el artículo 63 de la Constitución Política y la ley 21 de 1991. […] Territorios Indígenas. Son las áreas poseidas en forma regular y permanente por una comunidad, parcialidad o grupo indígena y aquellas que, aunque no se encuentren poseidas en esa forma, constituyen el ámbito tradicional de sus actividades sociales, económicas y culturales. " Art. 21: "Los resguardos son una institución legal y sociopolítica de carácter especial, conformada por una o más comunidades indígenas, que con un título de propiedad colectiva que goza de las garantías de la propiedad privada, poseen su territorio y se rigen para el manejo de éste y su vida interna por una organización autónoma amparada por el fuero indígena y su sistema normativo propio." ^ Guhl Nannetti, Ernesto (1991). "Capítulo XII: División Política de la Gran Colombia". Las fronteras políticas y los límites naturales: escritos geograficos [Political Boundaries and Their Natural Limits: Geographic writings ] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Fondo FEN. ISBN 978-958-9129-22-7. ^ a b Aguilera Peña, Mario (January 2002). "División política administrativa de Colombia". Credential Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Banco de la República. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. ^ a b Oficina Nacional de Estadística (Office of National Statistics) (1876). "Estadística de Colombia" [Colombian Statistics] (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ^ Domínguez, Camilo; Chaparro, Jeffer; Gómez, Carla (2006). "Construcción y deconstrucción territorial del Caribe Colombiano durante el siglo XIX". Scripta Nova (Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales) . 10 (218 (75)). External links (in French) List of Colombian departments governors"Departments of Colombia". Statoids . Links to related articles
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