Districts of Colombia explained

Districts of Colombia should not be confused with District of Columbia.

The districts (Spanish; Castilian: Distrito) of Colombia are cities that have a feature that highlights them, such as its location and trade, history or tourism. Arguably, the districts are special municipalities.

In 1861, Bogotá was constitutionally designated as the Federal District, which was later redesignated in 1954 as the Capital District. In addition,Barranquilla, Cartagena and Santa Marta were designated as districts by the original version of the Constitution of 1991.

In July 2007, Congress passed Legislative Act 02, which increased the number of district to 10 with 3 cities and 3 seaports: Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja, the port were Turbo Antioquia, Uraba in the Pacific port: Buenaventura, Tumaco and Medellín. However, in 2009, a large part of this act was declared unconstitutional, stripping district status from Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja and Uraba.

Legal definition

According to Law 1617 of 2013,[1] ​ for the creation of new districts, the following conditions must be met:

  1. They must have more than 600 thousand inhabitants, according to DANE certification, or be located in coastal areas, as long as they have potential for the development of ports or for tourism and culture; that is, they are the capital municipality of a border department.
  2. There must be a prior concept of the special commissions to monitor the process of decentralization and territorial planning
  3. and that there is prior opinion from the municipal councils.

Districts that have been recognized as such by the Constitution and the law or municipalities that have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO are exempt from compliance with these requirements.

List of special districts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ley 1617 de 2013 - Gestor Normativo - Función Pública . 2024-08-04 . www.funcionpublica.gov.co.
  2. Book: Ramirez, Manuel Fernando Quinche . Derecho Constitucional Colombiano de la carta de 1991 y sus Reformas . October 12, 2009 . Universidad del Rosario . 978-958-738-059-0 . 61 . es . April 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405092843/http://books.google.com/books?id=TlalGQZ149YC&pg=PA61 . April 5, 2014 . live.
  3. Web site: Ley 1617 de 2013 - Gestor Normativo - Función Pública . 2024-08-04 . www.funcionpublica.gov.co.
  4. Web site: 2022-08-06 . Medellín goes from being a Municipality to a Special STi (Science, Technology and Innovation) District . 2024-08-04 . ACI Medellín . en-US.

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