The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 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. [1]
Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 [2] the municipalities have the categories listed below:
Category | Population more than | Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages) |
---|---|---|
Especial category: | 500,001 inhabitants | 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 |
The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a 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.
Bogotá is divided into localities (localidades):
The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 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. [1]
Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 [2] the municipalities have the categories listed below:
Category | Population more than | Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages) |
---|---|---|
Especial category: | 500,001 inhabitants | 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 |
The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a 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.
Bogotá is divided into localities (localidades):