Administrative divisions of Colombia

(Redirected from Subdivisions of Colombia)

Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital).

Departments

Main article: Departments of Colombia

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.

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Colombia

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.

The Capital District is the country's capital, Bogotá, which has a mayor and a council and is independent of any department.

Corregimientos

Main article: Corregimiento

Indigenous territories

Main article: Indigenous territory (Colombia)

Postal codes

The postal codes are 6 digit numeric. The first two digits are the numbers used by DANE to encode the departments, the next two in the range of 00 to 89 encode postal zones, followed by the last two encoding up to 100 postal districts.

References

Codigos Postales, archived from the original on 2010-12-01, retrieved 2021-03-28

v t e Administrative divisions of the Americas
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
North America Central America Caribbean South America

Colombia articles

History

Geography

Biodiversity Fauna Flora Climate Geology Mountains Islands Rivers Valleys and Plateaus National parks (Protected Areas) Cities and towns Natural hazards Environmental issues Invasive species World Heritage Sites
Natural regions	Amazon Andean Caribbean Insular Orinoquía Pacific/Chocó

Subdivisions

Politics

Political parties Elections Ideologies Liberalism Conservatism Communism
Governance	Constitution Control Auditor General Comptroller General Inspector General Ombudsman Executive Council of Ministers Government agencies President Vice President Foreign relations Judiciary Congress Police
Military	Aerospace Force Army Navy

Economy

Society

Abortion Colombians list Demographics Education Languages Religion Race and ethnicity Health care Water supply and sanitation Women
Culture	Archaeological sites Architecture Art Cinema Video gaming Cuisine World Heritage Sites Carnivals Festivals Folklore Handicrafts Literature Media Muisca mythology Muisca religion Music Theater National symbols Coat of arms Flag Public holidays Freedom of religion in Colombia Miss Colombia Sport
Issues	Human rights Intersex LGBT Immigration Emigration Poverty Smoking Crime Drug trafficking Corruption Terrorism Guerrilla movements Right-wing paramilitarism Colombia in popular culture

This Colombian location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: