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. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called 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: Category Population more than Revenues ICLD (in monthly minimum wages) Especial category: 500,001 inhabitants 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: 10,000 15,000
The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only by indigenous peoples and within the Amazon rainforest. Municipalities Leticia Puerto Nariño
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