The National Congress consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The 35 Senators are elected for four years by persons chosen for that purpose; the 92 Representatives, one for each 50,000 inhabitants, are elected for two years by direct vote. Two substitutes are chosen for each Member of Congress to replace them in case of inability to serve. Congress meets annually at the Capital, Bogotá, July 20, for 90 to 120 days. The President may call an extra session. The Judicial Branch includes a Supreme Court of nine judges, a Superior Tribunal for each Department and a number of minor judges. Colombia has 14 Departments: four bordering on the Caribbean, Magdalena, Atlántico, Bolívar, Antioquia; three on the Pacific, El Valle, Cauca, Nariño; seven in the interior, Huila, Tolima, Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander, Santander del Norte, Caldas; Intendencias: Meta at the east; Chocó bordering on the Caribbean and the Pacific; the Islands, San Andrés and Providencia; six Comisarías: La Goajira, Arauca, Vichada, Vaupés, Caquetá, Putumayo. The names of the Departments, their area, population, capitals and population follow: --------------------+---------+----------+-------------+----------+--------- | AREA, | | | |ALTITUDE, DEPARTMENTS |in square|POPULATION| CAPITALS |POPULATION| in feet | miles | | | | --------------------+---------+----------+-------------+----------+--------- Magdalena | 17,022 | 204,000 |Santa Marta | 18,000 | [2] Atlántico | 1,200 | 135,000 |Barranquilla | 64,000 | [2] Bolívar | 25,800 | 457,000 |Cartagena | 51,000 | [2] Antioquia | 27,777 | 823,000 |Medellín | 80,000 | 4,860 El Valle | 10,802 | 272,000 |Cali | 45,000 | 3,400 Cauca | 9,625 | 240,000 |Popayán | 20,200 | 5,740 Nariño | 11,574 | 340,000 |Pasto | 29,000 | 8,660 Huila | 8,873 | 182,000 |Neiva | 25,000 | 1,515 Tolima | 9,182 | 329,000 |Ibagué | 30,000 | 4,280 Cundinamarca | 8,622 | 809,000 |Bogotá | 144,000 | 8,680 Boyacá | 3,330 | 659,000 |Tunja | 10,000 | 9,200 Santander | 11,819 | 439,000 |Bucaramanga | 25,000 | 3,150 Santander del Norte | 7,716 | 239,000 |Cúcuta | 30,000 | 1,050 Caldas | 3,300 | 428,000 |Manizales | 43,000 | 7,000 TERRITORIES: | | | | | Meta | 85,000 | 34,000 |Villavicencio| 4,700 | 1,500 Chocó | 15,000 | 91,000 |Quibdó | 25,000 | 138 San Andrés | | | | | y Providencia | | 6,000 |San Andrés | 3,000 | [2] La Goajira | 5,000 | 22,600 |San Antonio | 2,100 | [2]