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Colombia is divided into 32 departments (departamentos) and one capital district (distrito capital). The departments include:

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 (Puerto Inírida)
16. Guaviare (San José del Guaviare)
17. Huila (Neiva)
18. 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 y 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 D.C.

Colombia is subdivided into municipalities ( municipios ), which are further subdivided into corregimientos .

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