Colombia: Departments, Major Cities & Metropolitan Areas - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Departments

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	Ca 1985-10-15	Ca 1993-10-24	Ca 2005-06-30	P 2009-06-30
<	Amazonas	AMA	Dep	Letícia	109,665	39,937	56,399	67,726	71,190
<	Antioquia	ANT	Dep	Medellín	63,612	4,067,664	4,919,619	5,682,276	5,988,984
<	Arauca	ARA	Dep	Arauca	23,818	89,972	185,882	232,118	244,507
<	Atlántico {Atlantico}	ATL	Dep	Barranquilla	3,388	1,478,213	1,837,468	2,166,156	2,284,840
<	Bogotá, Distrito Especial {Bogota, Distrito Especial}	DE	CpDst	Bogotá	1,587	4,236,490	5,484,244	6,840,116	7,259,597
<	Bolívar {Bolivar}	BOL	Dep	Cartagena	25,978	1,288,985	1,702,188	1,878,993	1,958,224
<	Boyacá {Boyaca}	BOY	Dep	Tunja	23,189	1,209,739	1,315,579	1,255,311	1,265,517
<	Caldas	CAL	Dep	Manizales	7,888	883,024	1,030,062	968,740	976,438
<	Caquetá {Caqueta}	CAQ	Dep	Florencia	88,965	264,507	367,898	420,337	442,033
<	Casanare	CAS	Dep	Yopal	44,640	147,472	211,329	295,353	319,502
<	Cauca	CAU	Dep	Popayán	29,308	857,751	1,127,678	1,268,937	1,308,090
<	Cesar	CES	Dep	Valledupar	22,905	699,428	827,219	903,279	953,827
<	Chocó {Choco}	CHO	Dep	Quibdó	46,530	313,567	406,199	454,030	471,601
<	Córdoba {Cordoba}	COR	Dep	Montería	25,020	1,013,247	1,275,623	1,467,929	1,558,267
<	Cundinamarca	CUN	Dep	Bogotá	22,623	1,512,928	1,875,337	2,280,037	2,437,151
<	Guainía {Guainia}	GUI	Dep	Puerto Inírida	72,238	12,345	28,478	35,230	37,705
<	Guaviare	GUV	Dep	San José del Guaviare	42,327	47,073	97,602	95,551	101,794
<	Huila	HUI	Dep	Neiva	19,890	693,712	843,798	1,011,418	1,068,820
<	La Guajira	LGU	Dep	Ríohacha	20,848	299,995	433,361	681,575	791,027
<	Magdalena	MAG	Dep	Santa Marta	23,188	890,934	1,127,691	1,149,917	1,190,585
<	Meta	MET	Dep	Villavicencio	85,635	474,046	618,427	783,168	853,115
<	Nariño {Narino}	NAR	Dep	Pasto	33,268	1,085,173	1,443,671	1,541,956	1,619,464
<	Norte de Santander	NOR	Dep	Cúcuta	21,658	913,491	1,162,474	1,243,975	1,286,728
<	Putumayo	PUT	Dep	Mocoa	24,885	174,219	264,291	310,132	322,681
<	Quindío {Quindio}	QUI	Dep	Armenia	1,845	392,208	495,212	534,552	546,566
<	Risaralda	RIS	Dep	Pereira	4,140	652,872	844,184	897,509	919,653
<	San Andrés y Providencia {San Andres y Providencia}	SAP	Dep	San Andrés	44	35,818	61,040	70,554	72,735
<	Santander	SAN	Dep	Bucaramanga	30,537	1,511,392	1,811,741	1,957,789	2,000,045
<	Sucre	SUC	Dep	Sincelejo	10,917	561,649	701,105	772,010	802,733
<	Tolima	TOL	Dep	Ibagué	23,562	1,142,220	1,286,078	1,365,342	1,383,323
<	Valle del Cauca	VAL	Dep	Cali	22,140	3,027,247	3,736,090	4,161,425	4,337,909
<	Vaupés {Vaupes}	VAU	Dep	Mitú	65,268	26,178	24,671	39,279	41,094
<	Vichada	VIC	Dep	Puerto Carreño	100,242	18,702	62,073	55,872	62,013
	Colombia	COL		Bogotá	1,141,748	30,062,198	37,664,711	42,888,592	44,977,758

Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Republica de Columbia (web).

	Name	Adm.	C P 2009-06-30
1	Bogotá	DE	7,243,698
2	Medellín	ANT	2,281,085
3	Cali	VAL	2,183,042
4	Barranquilla	ATL	1,174,971
5	Cartagena	BOL	888,012
6	Cúcuta	NOR	591,530
7	Soledad	ATL	519,624
8	Bucaramanga	SAN	516,005

	Name	Adm.	A P 2009-06-30
1	Bogotá	DE	8,493,675
2	Medellín	ANT	3,496,757
3	Cali	VAL	2,719,204
4	Barranquilla	ATL	1,836,331
5	Bucaramanga	SAN	1,065,222

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1985-10-15	C C 1993-10-24	C Ca 2005-06-30	C P 2009-06-30
<	Acacías {Acacias}	MET	17,484	28,007	44,775	49,884
<	Aguachica	CES	39,860	50,001	69,039	74,163
<	Aguazul	CAS	...	8,674	20,411	23,813
<	Agustín Codazzi {Agustin Codazzi}	CES	29,787	32,854	38,565	39,036
<	Andes	ANT	14,563	15,603	19,176	20,593
<	Anserma	CAL	17,727	20,379	20,334	20,812
<	Apartadó {Apartado}	ANT	29,847	56,330	111,887	127,678
<	Aracataca	MAG	11,836	15,845	19,894	22,911
<	Arauca	ARA	...	38,916	62,634	68,642
<	Ariguani	MAG	...	14,987	18,313	19,047
<	Arjona	BOL	30,830	33,886	47,451	51,000
<	Armenia	QUI	192,409	216,467	273,114	279,500
<	Ayapel	COR	13,524	15,942	20,456	22,866
<	Baranoa	ATL	28,033	32,504	42,840	45,224
<	Barbosa	SAN	12,878	14,293	20,129	21,414
<	Barbosa	ANT	...	13,379	18,608	20,393
<	Barrancabermeja	SAN	141,516	144,769	170,810	172,384
<	Barranquilla	ATL	917,486	990,547	1,142,312	1,174,971
<	Bello	ANT	211,203	257,707	358,139	394,433
<	Bogotá (Santa Fe de) {Bogota}	DE	4,176,769	4,931,796	6,824,510	7,243,698
<	Bosconia	CES	15,809	20,242	27,895	30,333
<	Bucaramanga	SAN	351,687	410,065	509,216	516,005
<	Buenaventura	VAL	165,829	194,727	292,947	320,541
<	Buga (Guadalajara de Buga)	VAL	85,772	94,840	99,893	99,693
<	Caicedonia	VAL	22,713	23,681	24,140	24,661
<	Cajicá {Cajica}	CUN	...	15,687	27,111	30,601
<	Calarcá {Calarca}	QUI	40,241	44,047	56,200	57,774
<	Caldas	ANT	37,071	45,251	52,696	56,270
<	Cali	VAL	1,369,331	1,641,498	2,083,171	2,183,042
<	Campoalegre	HUI	16,766	19,329	23,986	24,883
<	Candelaria	VAL	14,808	17,235	19,620	20,835
<	Carepa	ANT	...	11,834	29,105	34,511
<	Carmen de Viboral	ANT	13,051	14,543	22,731	25,634
<	Cartagena	BOL	513,986	616,231	842,228	888,012
<	Cartago	VAL	95,650	100,946	122,001	125,416
<	Caucasia	ANT	24,713	39,770	69,468	78,576
<	Cereté {Cerete}	COR	26,651	40,411	47,094	49,408
<	Chaparral	TOL	19,990	20,789	25,338	25,939
<	Chía {Chia}	CUN	23,909	41,632	73,841	83,710
<	Chigorodó {Chigorodo}	ANT	15,713	29,856	49,631	56,150
<	Chinchiná {Chinchina}	CAL	34,460	46,512	45,113	45,463
<	Chinú {Chinu}	COR	13,675	15,763	20,886	22,137
<	Chiquinquirá {Chiquinquira}	BOY	28,337	34,946	47,498	51,067
<	Ciénaga {Cienaga}	MAG	56,164	66,236	87,624	92,788
<	Ciénaga de Oro {Cienaga de Oro}	COR	14,741	16,740	20,838	22,741
<	Circasia	QUI	11,688	14,414	20,032	21,070
<	Copacabana	ANT	28,124	39,621	52,829	56,242
<	Corozal	SUC	29,947	32,887	45,402	48,021
<	Cúcuta {Cucuta}	NOR	383,584	459,640	567,664	591,530
<	Dos Quebradas	RIS	97,063	129,572	169,844	178,200
<	Duitama	BOY	57,248	71,444	93,003	97,840
<	El Bagre	ANT	12,634	24,330	25,395	25,156
<	El Banco	MAG	22,897	36,801	33,380	34,197
<	El Carmen de Bolívar {El Carmen de Bolivar}	BOL	32,200	38,289	49,423	53,714
<	El Cerrito	VAL	24,383	28,455	33,302	34,238
<	Envigado	ANT	87,574	107,402	165,420	184,408
<	Espinal	TOL	39,101	43,422	55,787	57,247
<	Facatativá {Facatativa}	CUN	44,912	63,237	95,640	105,182
<	Flandes	TOL	18,319	19,028	23,709	24,317
<	Florencia	CAQ	71,305	82,708	121,898	132,613
<	Florida	VAL	31,073	35,689	41,057	41,842
<	Floridablanca	SAN	142,153	187,197	243,859	249,753
<	Fonseca	LGU	18,038	19,918	18,952	20,911
<	Fundación {Fundacion}	MAG	28,647	36,315	49,856	52,259
<	Funza	CUN	24,584	34,612	57,110	62,587
<	Fusagasugá {Fusagasuga}	CUN	41,571	57,915	86,232	94,889
<	Galapa	ATL	13,561	14,863	28,687	32,517
<	Garzón {Garzon}	HUI	19,877	24,751	33,455	36,878
<	Girardot	CUN	67,271	81,380	94,359	97,555
<	Girardota	ANT	12,107	17,131	25,011	27,907
<	Girón {Giron}	SAN	40,255	71,618	117,941	134,567
<	Granada	MET	21,480	26,617	40,941	45,341
<	Honda	TOL	26,070	27,202	26,417	25,416
<	Ibagué {Ibague}	TOL	280,638	340,191	468,647	491,071
<	Ipiales	NAR	46,864	59,351	74,362	83,323
<	Itagüí {Itagui}	ANT	139,050	175,626	213,237	226,713
<	Jamundí {Jamundi}	VAL	21,897	33,119	65,758	71,720
<	La Ceja	ANT	20,604	25,989	38,287	41,587
<	La Dorada	CAL	50,048	58,736	65,501	67,190
<	La Estrella	ANT	16,651	33,626	28,812	30,950
<	La Plata	HUI	12,653	16,226	20,706	22,908
<	La Tebaida	QUI	17,003	19,353	30,609	33,800
<	La Unión {La Union}	VAL	14,389	17,219	24,302	26,382
<	La Virginia	RIS	24,721	27,846	30,688	31,007
<	Letícia {Leticia}	AMA	...	17,758	23,811	24,655
<	Líbano {Libano}	TOL	24,670	26,337	26,188	25,796
<	Lorica	COR	24,979	29,175	44,417	48,161
<	Los Patios	NOR	44,435	46,079	65,119	68,704
<	Madrid	CUN	22,642	33,347	53,858	59,378
<	Magangué {Magangue}	BOL	51,417	61,452	79,645	82,330
<	Maicao	LGU	49,262	80,770	85,101	95,236
<	Malambo	ATL	50,127	68,714	95,258	102,875
<	Manaure	LGU	...	4,148	26,066	33,890
<	Manizales	CAL	283,365	303,136	353,312	360,020
<	Marinilla	ANT	12,634	17,351	32,475	36,316
<	Mariquita	TOL	16,434	19,009	23,529	23,878
<	Medellín {Medellin}	ANT	1,452,392	1,551,160	2,175,681	2,281,085
<	Melgar	TOL	11,294	17,477	26,829	28,121
<	Miranda	CAU	...	10,419	22,021	24,820
<	Mitú {Mitu}	VAU	...	3,752	13,066	14,382
<	Mocoa	PUT	...	13,117	25,751	29,184
<	Mompós {Mompos}	BOL	17,908	19,810	22,591	23,858
<	Montelíbano {Montelibano}	COR	20,239	25,611	49,024	54,921
<	Montenegro	QUI	23,450	26,148	32,169	32,743
<	Montería {Monteria}	COR	162,056	210,297	286,575	308,136
<	Mosquera	CUN	...	17,774	59,884	68,112
<	Neiva	HUI	179,908	237,239	295,961	307,508
<	Ocaña {Ocana}	NOR	55,277	59,574	78,827	83,230
<	Palmar de Varela	ATL	13,932	18,255	22,796	23,566
<	Palmira	VAL	181,157	196,213	228,122	234,574
<	Pamplona	NOR	36,665	37,829	48,639	51,153
<	Pasto	NAR	203,742	261,368	312,377	333,123
<	Pereira	RIS	241,927	348,023	371,239	381,153
<	Piedecuesta	SAN	35,675	60,057	92,736	104,047
<	Pitalito	HUI	27,374	39,509	59,893	65,474
<	Pivijay	MAG	12,532	19,577	19,229	19,197
<	Planeta Rica	COR	24,953	30,486	38,323	39,940
<	Plato	MAG	24,588	29,537	35,760	38,853
<	Popayán {Popayan}	CAU	149,019	169,423	226,978	235,785
<	Pradera	VAL	28,081	32,990	42,246	44,500
<	Puerto Asís {Puerto Asis}	PUT	...	17,745	27,609	29,720
<	Puerto Berrío {Puerto Berrio}	ANT	21,907	24,309	34,193	37,207
<	Puerto Boyacá {Puerto Boyaca}	BOY	19,313	20,667	33,806	35,564
<	Puerto Carreño {Puerto Carreno}	VIC	3,275	5,534	10,032	11,448
<	Puerto Colombia	ATL	12,659	14,637	20,654	21,720
<	Puerto Inírida {Puerto Inirida}	GUI	...	4,098	10,793	11,666
<	Puerto Tejada	CAU	27,914	34,295	39,009	39,456
<	Quibdó {Quibdo}	CHO	50,277	65,904	101,134	105,123
<	Quimbaya	QUI	21,651	22,563	27,222	28,160
<	Ríohacha {Riohacha}	LGU	49,931	77,083	136,183	168,001
<	Rionegro	ANT	20,892	45,076	64,652	70,345
<	Roldanillo	VAL	16,223	19,750	24,155	24,324
<	Sabanagrande	ATL	13,157	15,949	24,227	26,645
<	Sabanalarga	ATL	36,621	43,745	66,707	72,669
<	Sabaneta	ANT	15,917	23,364	35,242	37,782
<	Sahagún {Sahagun}	COR	29,531	38,884	44,985	47,390
<	San Andrés {San Andres}	SAP	...	33,937	48,421	50,049
<	San Gil	SAN	25,330	28,157	37,087	38,620
<	San Jacinto	BOL	16,731	16,604	19,317	20,118
<	San José del Guaviare {San Jose del Guaviare}	GUV	...	13,852	34,863	39,867
<	San Juan del César {San Juan del Cesar}	LGU	15,239	21,833	21,513	23,557
<	San Juan Nepomuceno	BOL	16,343	19,929	23,727	24,960
<	San Marcos	SUC	18,326	19,689	29,504	31,080
<	San Onofre	SUC	10,437	25,017	18,132	19,547
<	San Pablo	BOL	...	9,179	20,952	24,378
<	Santa Marta	MAG	175,687	270,253	385,122	417,514
<	Santander (de Quilichao)	CAU	23,783	30,291	40,251	45,335
<	Santa Rosa de Cabal	RIS	38,487	45,208	56,329	58,010
<	Santo Tomás {Santo Tomas}	ATL	15,727	17,156	22,617	23,276
<	Santuario	ANT	11,316	14,250	19,830	21,541
<	San Vicente del Caguán {San Vicente del Caguan}	CAQ	...	8,403	31,011	36,024
<	Saravena	ARA	...	18,995	28,544	30,063
<	Segovia	ANT	15,216	24,834	28,048	30,266
<	Sevilla	VAL	33,685	32,680	35,061	35,142
<	Sibaté {Sibate}	CUN	...	14,153	21,188	23,056
<	Sincé {Since}	SUC	15,830	21,391	22,144	23,461
<	Sincelejo	SUC	122,484	168,410	219,639	234,886
<	Soacha	CUN	100,691	222,565	396,555	439,004
<	Socorro	SAN	18,098	17,076	22,997	23,930
<	Sogamoso	BOY	65,428	83,152	96,828	98,196
<	Soledad	ATL	168,291	236,521	460,996	519,624
<	Tame	ARA	...	16,344	19,134	19,336
<	Tarazá {Taraza}	ANT	...	8,211	17,852	21,016
<	Tierralta	COR	13,291	20,245	32,875	36,976
<	Tolú (Santiago de Tolú) {Tolu}	SUC	12,880	17,664	22,318	24,199
<	Tulúa {Tulua}	VAL	103,123	125,137	160,922	169,531
<	Tumaco	NAR	46,921	58,436	84,668	94,880
<	Tunja	BOY	89,164	101,622	146,621	160,726
<	Turbaco	BOL	29,480	34,150	57,714	61,178
<	Turbo	ANT	26,612	30,765	47,259	53,461
<	Ubaté (Villa de San Diego de Ubaté) {Ubate}	CUN	11,962	13,080	22,042	23,807
<	Valledupar	CES	150,838	202,404	299,065	338,761
<	Villa del Rosario	NOR	19,565	45,792	66,754	73,408
<	Villamaría {Villamaria}	CAL	20,319	25,024	36,667	40,437
<	Villavicencio	MET	162,556	219,976	356,464	397,559
<	Yarumal	ANT	20,131	21,399	26,603	28,184
<	Yopal	CAS	...	33,790	90,218	104,110
<	Yumbo	VAL	44,999	55,236	80,927	89,155
<	Zarzal	VAL	22,759	23,829	28,799	30,017
<	Zipaquirá {Zipaquira}	CUN	46,286	60,585	88,527	96,058

(1993) (2005) (2009) Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica, Republica de Columbia (web).
In contrast to the census results of 1985 and 1993, the population figures of 2005 and 2009 are adjusted for underenumeration.

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