Corregimiento
''Corregimiento'' (; ca, Corregiment, ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A ''corregimiento'' was usually headed by a ''corre ...
is a term used in
Colombia to define a subdivision of
Colombian municipalities. According to the
Colombian Constitution of 1991
The Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 ( es, Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991), is the Constitution of the Republic of Colombia. It was promulgated in Constitutional Gazette number 114 on Thursday, July 4, 1991, and is als ...
and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, a corregimiento is an internal part of a
Department or province, which includes a population core. It is usually less populated than a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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![Corregimientos de Medellin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Corregimientos_de_Medellin.svg)
Historically, a corregimiento was administered by a
corregidor (position), corregidor.
See also
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Communes of Medellín
The urban area of Medellín, Colombia is divided into six zones, which in turn are divided into 16 communes. Communes are then divided into neighborhoods ( es, barrios) and institutional areas. The city has 249 neighborhoods and 20 institutional ...
References
Instituto Geografico Agustin Codazzi; Division Politico Administrativa de Colombia: Entidades Territoriales
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Subdivisions of Colombia