Constitución en Inglés

231 Corte Constitucional de Colombia Once the popular consultation is held, the mayors and municipal councilors shall formalize the establishment of the [municipal] area and define its powers, financing, and authorities in accordance with law. Metropolitan areas may form themselves into districts in accordance with law. A law may establish categories of municipalities in accordance with their population, fiscal resources, economic importance, and geographic situation, and stipulate a specific regime for their organization, government, andadministration. Provinces are made up of municipalities or adjacent indigenous territories belonging to the same department. A law shall stipulate the basic statute and determine the administrative regime of provinces that may be organized for execution of the functions delegated to them by national or departmental entities and that a law assigns to them and to the municipalities that compose them. The provinces shall be created by ordinance, at the initiative of the governor, the mayors of the respective municipalities, or the number of citizens determined by law. For admission to an already constituted province, a popular consultation must be held in the municipalities involved. The department and municipalities shall provide provinces with the percentage of their current revenues that the respective assembly and councils shall determine. ARTICLE 320 ARTICLE 321