Argelia is a town and municipality in the

Cauca Department Cauca Department (, ) is a department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila De ...

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. Founded by Order No. 02 on November 3, 1967, the municipality covers an area of 713 km² and has a population of around 20,000. The population is primarily engaged in agriculture.

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Argelia has the following

corregimiento ''Corregimiento'' (; , ) 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 '' corregidor''. The ...

s under its administration:

References

External links

Municipal Government of Argelia Cauca website
Municipalities of Cauca Department {{Cauca-geo-stub