Subdivisions of Gran Colombia
The Republic of Gran Colombia was a former independent country in northern South America, a post-Spanish colonial country that existed from 1819 to 1831. Its initial subdivisions, created in 1820, were revised and expanded in 1824 to 12 departments.
1820 Departments
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The initial country subdivision of Gran Colombia was into three departments, without larger districts or smaller provinces. They were:
- Cundinamarca Department
- Quito Department
- Venezuela Department
1824 districts, departments, and provinces
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Northern District
The Northern District (Spanish: Distrito del Norte) was in present-day Venezuela and Brazil. Its departments and provinces were:
- Apure Department: 2 provinces — Barinas Province and Achaguas Province.
- Orinoco Department: 4 provinces — Cumaná Province, Barcelona Province, Guayana Province and Margarita Province.
- Venezuela Department: 2 provinces — Caracas Province and Carabobo Province.
- Zulia Department: 4 provinces — Maracaybo/Maracaibo, Coro Province, Mérida Province and Trujillo Province.
Central District
The Central District (Spanish: Distrito del Centro) was in present-day Colombia and Panama. Its departments and provinces were:
- Boyaca Department: 4 provinces — Tunja Province, Casanare Province, Pamplona Province, and Socorro Province.
- Cauca Department: 4 provinces — Popayán Province, Buenaventura Province, Chocó Province, Pasto Province.
- Cundinamarca Department: 4 provinces — Bogotá Province, Antioquia Province, Mariquita Province, Neiva Province.
- Isthmus Department (now Panama): 2 provinces — Isthmus Province and Veraguas Province.
- Magdalena Department: 3 provinces — Cartagena Province, Riohacha Province, Santa Marta Province.
Control of a strip of the Mosquito Coast along the Atlantic Ocean (in present-day Costa Rica and Nicaragua) was disputed with the British and the Federal Republic of Central America.[citation needed]
Southern District
The Southern District (Spanish: Distrito del Sur) was in present-day Ecuador, and north of Marañón River in present-day Perú. Its departments and provinces were:
- Azuay Department: 3 provinces — Cuenca Province, Loja Province, Jaén de Bracamoros y Maynas Province.
- Guayaquil Department: 2 provinces — Guayaquil Province and Manabi Province.
- Ecuador Department: 3 provinces — Pichincha Province, Chimborazo Province and Imbabura Province.
Maps of subdivisions
- 3 departments in 1820: Quito, Cundinamarca, Venezuela
- 12 departments in 1824
- Gran Colombia in 1827
See also
- Provinces of Gran Colombia
- Departments of Colombia — in present day country.
External links
- Ley de División Territorial de la República de Colombia—(in Spanish)
- Historia territorial de Colombia—(in Spanish)
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- Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1723), (1739-1819)
- Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777–1821)
- Peninsular War in Spain (1808–1814)
history
- Luz de América (1809)
- First Republic of Venezuela (1810–12)
- Colombian Declaration of Independence (1810)
- Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (1811)
- United Provinces of New Granada (1811–16)
- Second Republic of Venezuela (1813–14)
- Third Republic of Venezuela (1817–19)
- Gran Colombia (1819–31) (Ecuador, 1830
- Venezuela/Republic of New Granada, 1831)
history
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figures
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- Carmañola Americana (1797)
- Decree of War to the Death (1813)