How does Colombia work?

Colombia is divided into 32 departments (departamentos), which work like the United States's States or like the Canadian provinces. Each department has its capital, but the country's capital city (Bogota), is treated as a separate department.

The country's laws, however, are exactly the same in all departments, they do not vary.

These are all of the departments of Colombia, with their capitals:

Bogota DC (DC stands for Distrito Capital, or Capital District in spanish)

Amazonas:Leticia

Antioquia:Medellin

Arauca:Arauca

Archipielago de San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina:San Andres (These are Islands)

Atlantico:Barranquilla

Bolivar:Cartagena

Boyaca:Tunja

Caldas:Manizales

Caqueta:Florencia

Casanare:Yopal

Cauca:Popayan

Cesar:Valledupar

Choco:Quibdo

Cordoba:Monteria

Cundinamarca:Bogota D.C

Guainia:Puerto Inirida

Guaviare:San Jose del Guaviare

Huila:Neiva

La Guajira:Riohacha

Magdalena:Santa Marta

Meta:Villavicencio

Narino:Pasto

Norte de Santander:Cucuta

Putumayo:Mocoa

Quindio:Armenia

Risaralda:Pereira

Santander:Bucaramanga

Sucre:Sincelejo

Tolima:Ibague

Valle del Cauca:Cali

Vaupes:Mitu

Vichada:Puerto Carreno

Where?

Colombia is located in the South American continent, it is the only country in South American that limits with both the Pacific and the Atlantic seas. It shares borders with:

Panama to the north

Venezuela to the east

Brazil to the south-east

Peru to the south

Ecuador to the south-west