San Martín Territory Explained

The San Martín Territory (Spanish; Castilian: Territorio de San Martín) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada (1846-1856) and the United States of Colombia (1866-1886) created on June 2, 1846.^[1] The capital was San Martín.

In the South it bordered the Caquetá Territory.

Timeline

• 1832 part of Bogotá Province as San Martín Territory.
• 1844 part of Cundinamarca State as San Martín Territory.
• 1856 part of Bogotá Province as the San Martín Canton.
• 1863 part of Cundinamarca State as San Martín Territory.
• 1867 Cundinamarca cedes all rights over the territory to the Union
• 1875 it is named Meta Province
• 1886 as Oriente Province part of Cundinamarca Department
• 1906 Meta National Territory
• 1909 Meta National Intendency
• 1959 Meta Department

References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=xWYWM7UZEjsC&dq=%22territorio+de+san+mart%C3%ADn%22+cundinamarca+estados+unidos&pg=PA344 Persistencia y cambio en la frontera oriental de Colombia

See also

• Meta Department
• Meta Province
• San Martín de los Llanos

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