Municipalities of Colombia

The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 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]

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Category	Population	Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages)
Special category:	500,001	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

Municipalities of Colombia

Categories

Amazonas Department

Antioquia Department

Arauca Department

Atlántico Department

Bogotá (Capital District)

Bolívar Department

Boyacá Department

Caldas Department

Caquetá Department

Casanare Department

Cauca Department

Cesar Department

Chocó Department

Córdoba Department

Cundinamarca Department

La Guajira Department

Guainía Department

Guaviare Department

Huila Department

Magdalena Department

Meta Department

Nariño Department

Norte de Santander Department

Putumayo Department

Quindío Department

Risaralda Department

San Andrés and Providencia Department

Santander Department

Sucre Department

Tolima Department

Valle del Cauca Department

Vaupés Department

Vichada Department

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