Districts of Colombia

"District of Colombia" redirects here; not to be confused with District of Columbia.

The districts (Spanish: 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 districts to 10 with 3 cities and 3 seaports: Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja and Medellín; the ports were: Turbo Antioquia, Buenaventura and Tumaco. However, in 2009, a large part of this act was declared unconstitutional, stripping district status from Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja and Uraba.

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