Administrative divisions of Colombia

Template:SHORTDESC: 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: Corregimientos of Colombia

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.

See also

• List of cities in Colombia