Provinces of the Republic of New Granada explained

According to the constitution of 1832,[1] the territory of the Republic of New Granada was divided into provinces. Each province was composed of one or more cantons, and each canton is several divided into districts parish.

The provinces in 1832 were the same that made the Granadine Convention the same year and ratifying the constitution gave the republic. These were:

ProvinceCapital
1AntioquiaMedellín
2BarbacoasBarbacoas
3CartagenaCartagena
4CasanarePore
5MariquitaMariquita
6PamplonaPamplona
7PanamáPanamá
8PastoSan Juan de Pasto
9PopayánPopayán
10Rio HachaRiohacha
11Santa FeBogotá
12Santa MartaSanta Marta
13SocorroSocorro
14TunjaTunja
15VélezVélez
16VeraguaSantiago de Veraguas

Provinces 1851

For the year 1851 the changes of government and political-economic ideologies of these, added to the existing strong regional trends, led to the division of the republic in 36 provinces, which were:

ProvinceCapital
1AntioquiaAntioquia
2AzueroLos Santos
3BarbacoasBarbacoas
4BogotáBogotá
5BuenaventuraCali
6CasanarePore
7CartagenaCartagena
8CaucaBuga
9ChiriquíDavid
10ChocóQuibdó
11CórdobaRionegro
12CundinamarcaGachetá
13García RóviraMálaga
14MariquitaMariquita
15MedellínMedellín
16MompóxMompóx
17NeivaNeiva
18OcañaOcaña
19PamplonaPamplona
20PanamáPanamá
21PastoSan Juan de Pasto
22PopayánPopayán
23Rio HachaRiohacha
24SabanillaBarranquilla
25Santa MartaSanta Marta
26SantanderCúcuta
27SocorroSocorro
28SotoPiedecuesta
29TequendamaFusagasugá
30TunjaTunja
31TundamaSanta Rosa
32TúquerresIpiales
33Valle de UparValledupar
34VélezVélez
35VeraguaSantiago de Veraguas
36ZipaquiráZipaquirá

Territories

Likewise, the Republic cover some territories in the peripheries of the country:

Creation of states

Seven states of Colombia were created out of the provinces from 1855 to 1857, with another created in 1858 after New Granada became the Granadine Confederation.

References

  1. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12615091946708273098435/index.htm Constitución de Nueva Granada en cervantesvirtual.com