Scouting and Guiding in Colombia

There are at least four nationwide operating Scouting and Guiding organizations in Colombia:

Asociación Scouts de Colombia (Scout Association of Colombia); member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement; co-educational, 13,348 members
Asociación de Guías Scouts de Colombia (Girl Scout Association of Colombia); member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; girls-only, 627 members
Corporación Scouts de Antioquia (Scouts Corporation of Antioquia, CSA); prospective member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts, operating in the province of Antioquia, divided in districts inside the region whose main center is in the metropolitan city of Medellín. The CSA traces its origin to the beginning of the Boy Scouts in Colombia with Sir Jorge Cock Quevedo in 1918. More than 1,500 Scouts are currently enrolled in this movement.
Asociación Colombiana de Escultismo (Colombian Scout Association, Scouts ACE); member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts

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Scouting and Guiding in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama¹ Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago¹ Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies	Aruba¹ / Netherlands Antilles¹ (Netherlands) Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) ² / French Guiana (France)

¹Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of North America and/or Central America. ² Territories also in or commonly considered to be in Antarctica.

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