🇨🇴 Cities in Colombia — API & JSON data

Geomelon tracks 1,188 cities in Colombia, spread across 34 regions. Medellín is the largest, with a population of 2,529,403. City names are available in 4 languages through the API below.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Colombia cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Medellín	Antioquia	2,529,403
Cali	—	2,471,474
Barranquilla	Atlántico Department	1,326,588
Cartagena de Indias	Bolívar Department	914,552
Cúcuta	Norte de Santander Department	806,378
Bogotá	Cundinamarca Department	715,250
Villavicencio	Meta Department	645,226
Bucaramanga	Santander Department	614,860
Pereira	Risaralda Department	590,554
Ibagué	—	546,003

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=co&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "b17a45f8-cf6e-469d-8760-0dee029f6381",
    "name": "Medellín",
    "population": 2529403,
    "countryName": "Colombia",
    "countryCode": "CO",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇴",
    "regionName": "Antioquia"
  },
  {
    "id": "01f37cb2-6175-4c7c-81d8-ab86b2e2be6c",
    "name": "Cali",
    "population": 2471474,
    "countryName": "Colombia",
    "countryCode": "CO",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇴",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "f1700176-9267-42c7-80cc-37bcd7772680",
    "name": "Barranquilla",
    "population": 1326588,
    "countryName": "Colombia",
    "countryCode": "CO",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇴",
    "regionName": "Atlántico Department"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=co&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=co&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Colombia are available in 4 languages.

en: Medellín
es: Medellín

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 44 Colombia cities as JSON (7 KB, no API key) from the Colombia cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Colombia does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 1,188 cities in Colombia across 34 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Colombia city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Colombia are available in 4 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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