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 .
2-418: Cácota is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander . 7°16′N 72°39′W / 7.267°N 72.650°W / 7.267; -72.650 This Norte de Santander Department location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Colombian municipality The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called
4-559: 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. Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 the municipalities have the categories listed below: The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which
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