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Departments Of Gran Colombia
The Gran Colombia, 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. 1820 Departments The initial country subdivision of Gran Colombia was into three Department (country subdivision), departments, without larger districts or smaller provinces. They were: * Cundinamarca Department (1820), Cundinamarca Department * Quito Department * Venezuela Department (1820), Venezuela Department 1824 Districts, departments, & provinces Distrito del Norte The Distrito del Norte (northern district) 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 (Gran Colombia), Barcelona Province, Guayana Province and Margarita Province. * Venezuela Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish language, Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. It included present-day Colombia, mainland Ecuador (i.e. excluding the Galápagos Islands), Panama, and Venezuela, along with parts of northern Peru, northwestern Brazil, and Guayana Esequiba, Part of Guyana. The terms Gran Colombia and Greater Colombia are used historiography, historiographically to distinguish it from the current Colombia, Republic of Colombia, which is also the official name of the former state. However, Diplomatic recognition, international recognition of the legitimacy of the Gran Colombian state ran afoul of European opposition to the independence of states in the Americas. Austria, France, and Russia only recognized independence in the Americas if the new states accepted monarchs from European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Province
Margarita Province (1525 - 1864) was one of the provinces of the Spanish Empire, then one of the provinces of Gran Colombia, and later one of the Provinces of Venezuela. In Gran Colombia it belonged to the Orinoco Department which was created in 1824. With the creation of the States of Venezuela in 1864 it became Nueva Esparta. Divisions The Province was named for its most important part, Isla Margarita. Capital: Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of .... Cantons: * Asunción Canton * Norte Canton (seat: Santa Ana del Norte). Governors A partial list of governors: References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * 2rchivo General de Indias, CONTRATACIÓN, 5469, Nº 2, R54 Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of Venezuela Provinces of the Spanish Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanare Province
Casanare Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. History It belonged to the Boyacá Department, which was created in 1824. The capital was Moreno, now called Paz de Ariporo. Watercolors painted in 1856 by Manuel María Paz provide early depictions of the Guahibo and Saliba people in Casanare Province. See also * Casanare Department Casanare Department (, es, Departamento de Casanare) is a department in the central eastern region of Colombia. Its capital is Yopal, which is also the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal. It contains oil fields and an 800 ... * Casanare River References {{DEFAULTSORT:Casanare, Province Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Granada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunja Province
Tunja Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Boyacá Department which was created in 1824. Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Granada {{Colombia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia)
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 Socorro Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Boyacá Department which was created in 1824. See also * Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada) Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Gra .... Capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panamá
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trujillo Province (Gran Colombia)
Trujillo Province was a province in the Zulia Department of Gran Colombia. Cantons * Trujillo Canton - Trujillo * Boconó Canton - Boconó * Escuque Canton - Escuque * Carache Canton - Carache Carache is an island in the northwestern part of the Bissagos Islands group, Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the Bolama Region and the sector of Caravela Caravela is the northernmost island of the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau, part of the Sec ... Provinces of Gran Colombia {{TrujilloVE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mérida Province (Gran Colombia)
Mérida Province may refer to: * Mérida Province (Spanish Empire) Mérida Province may refer to: * Mérida Province (Spanish Empire), a province of the New Kingdom of Granada * Mérida Province (Venezuela) Mérida Province (1811 - 1864) was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia, until the independence of Ven ..., a province of the New Kingdom of Granada * Mérida Province (Venezuela), a province of Gran Colombia {{DEFAULTSORT:Merida Province Province name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coro Province
Coro Province (1811 - 1864) was a province in the Zulia Department of Gran Colombia, and later one of the provinces of Venezuela, after Venezuelan independence in 1830. In 1864 it became one of the States of Venezuela, as Coro State, and was renamed Falcón State in 1874. The Province was created in 1811 in royalist opposition to the Venezuelan War of Independence, and recognised by royal decree in 1815. In 1821, with the defeat of royalist forces, it was incorporated into Gran Colombia. Cantons * Coro Canton Coro or CORO may refer to: Entertainment * ''Coro'' (Berio), a composition by Luciano Berio * Coro (music), Italian for choir * Coro TV, Venezuelan community television channel * Omweso (Coro), mancala game played in the Lango region of Uganda * ... * Casigua Canton * Cumarebo Canton * Paraguaná Canton cabecera Pueblo Nuevo * San Luis Canton {{coord missing, Venezuela Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of Venezuela 1811 establishments in the Spanish Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracaibo Province (Gran Colombia)
Maracaibo Province was a province of the 1824 created Zulia Department of Gran Colombia. The capital was Maracaibo. The Zulia Department was a successor of the Maracaibo Province (Spanish Empire). 1830 it became Maracaibo Province (Venezuela). Cantons * Maracaibo * Gibraltar * Altagracia * Zulia cabecera San Carlos de Zulia * Perijá cabecera Rosario de Perijá See also * Maracaibo Province (Spanish Empire) Maracaibo Province or Maracaybo Province from 1676 to 1824 was a province of the Spanish Empire. It resulted from a merger of the former Province of Mérida (1622 - 1676) with the territory of Maracaibo. In 1777 Captaincy General of Venezuela ... * Maracaibo Province (Venezuela) {{coord missing, Colombia Provinces of Gran Colombia 1824 establishments in Gran Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulia Department
Zulia Department from 1824 to 1830 was one of the departments of Gran Colombia. It was split from the Venezuela Department. It encompassed 4 provinces - Maracaybo/Maracaibo, Coro Province Coro Province (1811 - 1864) was a province in the Zulia Department of Gran Colombia, and later one of the provinces of Venezuela, after Venezuelan independence in 1830. In 1864 it became one of the States of Venezuela, as Coro State, and was rena ..., Mérida Province and Trujillo Province. Departments of Gran Colombia 1824 establishments in Gran Colombia 1830 disestablishments in Gran Colombia {{Venezuela-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
