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Themunicipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of theRepublic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of thedepartments of Colombia, with 1,104municipalities (municipios). Each one of them is led by amayor (alcalde) elected bypopular vote and represents the maximumexecutive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of thegovernor 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 theFederación Colombiana de Municipios (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under theprivate law and under theconstitutionalright 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 | 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 |
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Amazonas Department is composed of two municipalities, Leticia and Puerto Nariño, and by department corregimientos, which have special combined functions between a presidential power and acorregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only byindigenous peoples, and within theAmazon rainforest.[citation needed]
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Bogotá is divided into localities (localidades):
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Municipalities
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