Scouting in Colombia
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Actully, 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 CSA (Scouts Corporation of Antioquia, CSA), operating in the province of Antioquia. It is divided in districts inside the region whose main centre is in the metropolitan city of Medellín. The CSA traces its origin in 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), a member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts.