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Colombia - Geography & Departments | Countries of the World

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State Department on Colombia attacks on Farc rebels in Ecuador

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Colombia: Human Rights organizations warn about the humanitarian situation in department of Arauca

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President Santos Welcomes Secretary Tillerson in Bogotá, Colombia

Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments and a Capital District. Each department has a Governor (gobernador) and a Department Assembly, elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods. Departments are country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy.