The departments from Colombia with their capitals

Colombia is located near the equatorial line, in the region known as Latin America. Within it is divided into departments, and each has a city as capital, as established by the Political Constitution of 1991, which declares the administrative and political division of Colombia in 32 departments and a Capital district.

This is the list of the 32 departments of Colombia with their respective capitals, compiled in alphabetical order with regard to the departments.

Departments and Capitals

1. Amazonas-Leticia
2. Antioquia-Medellín
3. Arauca – Arauca
4. Atlantic – Barranquilla
5. Bolívar – Cartagena
6. Boyacá – Tunja
7. Caldas – Manizales
8. Caquetá – Florence
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. La Guajira – Riohacha
19. Magdalena-Santa Marta
20. Meta – Villavicencio
21. Nariño – Pasto
22. Norte de Santander – Cúcuta
23. Putumayo-Mucus
24. Quindío – Armenia
25. Risaralda – Pereira
26. San Andrés and Providencia-San Andrés
27. Santander-Bucaramanga
28. Sucre-Sincelejo
29. Tolima – Ibague
30. Valle del Cauca-Cali
31. Vaupés – Mitú
32. Vichada – Puerto Carreño

Bogota is both the capital of the Department of Cundinamarca and the capital of the country. Other cities that also emphasize the interior because of their population density as their economy are: Medellín, capital of Antioquia; Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca; and Cartagena, capital of Bolivar and one of the most tourist cities not only of Colombia, but of the continent.

All the Colombian departments have a wealth of formidable flora and fauna. Dozens and dozens of species of birds, of vegetables, of water tributaries, of moors, thermal floors, delicious and varied fruits and not what to say of the multiculturality, because there are more than 80 tribes indigenous, each one with its native language. The snow-capped mountains that are found throughout the national territory also nourish that Colombian opulence that makes it the heart of the planet.

It should be taken into account that much of the Amazon region crosses Colombian territory, as in departments such as El Vaupés, Vichada, Putumayo, Caquetá.

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