Corregimiento
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Corregimiento
is a term used in Colombia
to define a subdivision of Colombian departments
. According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991
and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, Corregimiento is an internal part of a Department or province, which includes a population core. It is usually less populated than a municipality
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Historically, a corregimiento was a corregidor's
jurisdiction.
Corregimiento
Corregimiento is a term used in Colombia to define a subdivision of Colombian departments. According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, Corregimiento is an internal part of a Department or province, which includes a population core...
is a term used in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
to define a subdivision of Colombian departments
Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...
. According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991
Colombian Constitution of 1991
The Political Constitution of Colombia, better known as the Constitution of 1991, is the current governing document of the Republic of Colombia. Promulgated on July 4 of 1991 , it replaced the Constitution of 1886...
and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, Corregimiento is an internal part of a Department or province, which includes a population core. It is usually less populated than a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
.http://www.igac.gov.co:8080/igac_web/contenidos/division_politico_administrativa.jsp?idMenu=109.
Historically, a corregimiento was a corregidor's
Corregidor (position)
A corregidor was a local, administrative and judicial position in Spain and its empire. He was the highest authority of a Corregimiento. In the Americas a corregidor was often called an alcalde mayor. They began to be appointed in fourteenth century Castile and the institution was definitively...
jurisdiction.