Departments of Colombia

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Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (Spanish Distrito Capital). Each department has a Governor (gobernador) and an Department Assembly (Asamblea Departamental), elected by the people for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected for an immediately consecutive period.

Departments are further divided in municpalities (Spanish: municipios, sing. 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.

Bogot� is organized as Capital District, and is partially dependent of the Department of Cundinamarca.

#	Department	Capital	Area	Population

1	Amazonas	Leticia	109,665 km²	80,360
2	Antioquia	Medell�n	63,612 km²	5,750,478
3	Arauca	Arauca	23,818 km²	282,302
4	Atl�ntico	Barranquilla	3,388 km²	2,365,663
5	Bol�var	Cartagena	25,978 km²	2,229,967
6	Boyac�	Tunja	23,189 km²	1,411,239
7	Caldas	Manizales	7,888 km²	1,170,187
8	Caquet�	Florencia	88,965 km²	463,333
9	Casanare	Yopal	44,640 km²	325,713
10	Cauca	Popay�n	29,308 km²	1,363,054
11	Cesar	Valledupar	22,905 km²	1,050,303
12	Choc�	Quibd�	46,530 km²	413,173
13	C�rdoba	Monter�a	25,020 km²	1,392,905
14	Cundinamarca	Bogot�	24,210 km²	9,467,562
15	Guain�a	Puerto In�rida	72,238 km²	43,314
16	Guaviare	San Jos� del Guaviare	53,460 km²	133,236
17	Huila	Neiva	19,890 km²	994,218
18	La Guajira	Riohacha	20,848 km²	524,619
19	Magdalena	Santa Marta	23,188 km²	1,403,318
20	Meta	Villavicencio	85,635 km²	771,089
21	Nari�o	Pasto	33,268 km²	1,775,139
22	Norte de Santander	C�cuta	21,658 km²	1,493,932
23	Putumayo	Mocoa	24,885 km²	378,483
24	Quind�o	Armenia	1,845 km²	613,375
25	Risaralda	Pereira	4,140 km²	1,024,362
26	San Andres and Providencia	San Andr�s	52 km²	83,491
27	Santander	Bucaramanga	30,537 km²	2,085,084
28	Sucre	Sincelejo	10,917 km²	868,648
29	Tolima	Ibagu�	23,562 km²	1,312,972
30	Valle del Cauca	Cali	22,140 km²	4,524,678
31	Vaup�s	Mit�	54,135 km²	33,152
32	Vichada	Puerto Carre�o	100,242 km²	97,276
	District		Area	Population
	Bogot�, Distrito Capital		1,587 km²	7,117,984