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Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments (Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ''departamento'') and a Capital District (''Distrito Capital''). 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.
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 the people for a four-year period.
The Capital District is the country's capital, Bogotá. It is partially dependent on the Department of Cundinamarca that surrounds it.

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Chart of departments

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Chart of departments

	Department	Capital	Area (km²)	Population
1	Amazonas	Leticia
2	Antioquia	Medellín
3	Arauca	Arauca
4	Atlántico	Barranquilla
5	Bolívar	Cartagena
6	Boyacá	Tunja
7	Caldas	Manizales
8	Caquetá	Florencia
9	Casanare	Yopal
10	Cauca	Popayán
11	Cesar	Valledupar
12	Chocó	Quibdó
13	Córdoba	Montería
14	Cundinamarca	Bogotá		★
15	Guainía	Inirida
16	Guaviare	San José del Guaviare
17	Huila	Neiva
18	La Guajira	Riohacha
19	Magdalena	Santa Marta
20	Meta	Villavicencio
21	Nariño	Pasto
22	Norte de Santander	Cúcuta
23	Putumayo	Mocoa
24	Quindío	Armenia
25	Risaralda	Pereira
26	San Andrés and Providencia	San Andrés
27	Santander	Bucaramanga
28	Sucre	Sincelejo
29	Tolima	Ibagué
30	Valle del Cauca	Cali
31	Vaupés	Mitú
32	Vichada	Puerto Carreño
33	Bogotá, ''Distrito Capital''
★ Estimate includes the country's capital, Bogotá.

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★ List of Colombian flags

★ List of country subdivisions

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