Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia) Explained

Boyaca Department
Native Name:	Departamento del Boyaca
Native Name Lang:	es
Coordinates:	5.5333°N -29°W
Established Title:	Created
Established Date:	1824
Extinct Title:	Dissolved
Extinct Date:	1830
Seat Type:	capital
Seat:	Tunja
Population Total:	444,000
Population As Of:	1820

Boyacá Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia.

Borders

It had borders to

• Magdalena Department, Zulia Department, Apure Department in the North,
• Orinoco Department in the East,
• Azuay Department in the South,
• Cauca Department, Cundinamarca Department in the West.

Subdivisions

4 provinces and 29 cantons:

• Tunja Province. Capital: Tunja. Cantones: Tunja, Chiquinquirá, Garagoa, Leyva, Moniquirá, Muzo, Santa Rosa, Sogamoso, Suata y Turmeque.
• Casanare Province. Capital: Pore. Cantones: Pore, Arauca, Chire, Macuco, Nunchía y Tame.
• Pamplona Province. Capital: Pamplona. Cantones: Pamplona, Bucaramanga, Girón, Piedecuesta, Salazar, San José de Cúcuta y Villa del Rosario.
• Socorro Province. Capital: Socorro. Cantones: Socorro, Barichara, Charalá, San Gil, Vélez y Zapatoca.