Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (SpanishDistrito Capital). Each department has a Governor (gobernador) and a Department Assembly (Asamblea Departamental), elected by the people for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected for an immediately consecutive period.
Departments are further divided in 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. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
Bogotá is organized as Capital District, and is partially dependent of the Department of Cundinamarca. Bogota (Spanish: Bogotá) officially named Bogotá D.C. (), is the capital of Colombia, as well as the largest and most populous city in the country with a population of roughly 7. ...
On the Atlantic coast, the departments of Atlantico and Bolivar with the capital cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena de Indias, have a population of 2.330.000 inhabitants.
On the Pacific Coast, the highlight is the department of Valle del Cauca, whose capital Cali, is the second largest city in terms of population, 2.137.000 inhabitants.
Colombia is the most densely populated of the Andean Region countries and third in Latin America behind Brazil and Mexico.
Colombia's bicameral parliament is the Congress of Colombia or Congreso, which consists of the 166-seat House of Representatives of Colombia and the 102-seat Senate of Colombia.
Colombia has a total area of 1,138,910 km² being the fourth biggest country in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru and the seventh one in the American Continent.
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial and modern times.
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