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:
Province | Capital | ||
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1 | Antioquia | Medellín | |
2 | Barbacoas | Barbacoas | |
3 | Cartagena | Cartagena | |
4 | Casanare | Pore | |
5 | Mariquita | Mariquita | |
6 | Pamplona | Pamplona | |
7 | Panamá | Panamá | |
8 | Pasto | San Juan de Pasto | |
9 | Popayán | Popayán | |
10 | Rio Hacha | Riohacha | |
11 | Santa Fe | Bogotá | |
12 | Santa Marta | Santa Marta | |
13 | Socorro | Socorro | |
14 | Tunja | Tunja | |
15 | Vélez | Vélez | |
16 | Veragua | Santiago de Veraguas |
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:
Province | Capital | ||
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1 | Antioquia | Antioquia | |
2 | Azuero | Los Santos | |
3 | Barbacoas | Barbacoas | |
4 | Bogotá | Bogotá | |
5 | Buenaventura | Cali | |
6 | Casanare | Pore | |
7 | Cartagena | Cartagena | |
8 | Cauca | Buga | |
9 | Chiriquí | David | |
10 | Chocó | Quibdó | |
11 | Córdoba | Rionegro | |
12 | Cundinamarca | Gachetá | |
13 | García Róvira | Málaga | |
14 | Mariquita | Mariquita | |
15 | Medellín | Medellín | |
16 | Mompóx | Mompóx | |
17 | Neiva | Neiva | |
18 | Ocaña | Ocaña | |
19 | Pamplona | Pamplona | |
20 | Panamá | Panamá | |
21 | Pasto | San Juan de Pasto | |
22 | Popayán | Popayán | |
23 | Rio Hacha | Riohacha | |
24 | Sabanilla | Barranquilla | |
25 | Santa Marta | Santa Marta | |
26 | Santander | Cúcuta | |
27 | Socorro | Socorro | |
28 | Soto | Piedecuesta | |
29 | Tequendama | Fusagasugá | |
30 | Tunja | Tunja | |
31 | Tundama | Santa Rosa | |
32 | Túquerres | Ipiales | |
33 | Valle de Upar | Valledupar | |
34 | Vélez | Vélez | |
35 | Veragua | Santiago de Veraguas | |
36 | Zipaquirá | Zipaquirá |
Likewise, the Republic cover some territories in the peripheries of the country:
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.