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The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Colombia is divided into 32 departments. These in turn are divided into municipalities , though some receive the special category of district . However, there are also provinces , a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions.
Trazado de los bordes del mapa basado en los mapas de Demis (ver licencia aquí) y OpenStreetMap (ver licencia aquí. Trazado de los límites departamentales y municipales, así como la localización de sus respectivas capitales, obtenidos de los mapas ubicados en este mapa de commons .
Información textual del mapa oficial de la República de Colombia del Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi. Trazado de los límites departamentales y municipales, así como la localización de sus respectivas capitales, obtenidos de este mapa de commons y los mapas ubicados en esta categoría .
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
When it was first established in 1819, The Republic of Gran Colombia had three departments. Venezuela, Cundinamarca (now Colombia) and Quito (now Ecuador). [5] In 1824, the Distrito del Centro (which became Colombia) was divided into five departments and further divided into seventeen provinces.
Español: Mapa de Colombia denotando su hidrografía y división administrativa en departamentos y municipios. Mapa compuesto con los mapas localizadores de la categoría Location maps of Colombia . Date
Tolima (Spanish pronunciation:) is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region, in the center-west of the country.It is bordered on the north and the west by the department of Caldas; on the east by the department of Cundinamarca; on the south by the department of Huila, and on the west by the departments of Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Quindío and Risaralda.