Santander State was one of the

states of Colombia States of Colombia existed from February 27, 1855, in the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation, where they were called "federal states". In the United States of Colombia they were called "sovereign states" (though they were not a ...

. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day areas of the Santander Department and Norte de Santander Department in northeastern

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In 1863 it bordered: *

Antioquia State Antioquia State was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern day Antioquia Department, Colombia. Limits In 1863 it bordered: * Santander State and Boyacá State in the East. * Tolima State in ...

in the West. *

Boyacá State Boyacá State was one of the states of Colombia. Naming * 1857-06-15 created under the name Estado Federal de Boyacá (Federal State of Boyacá). * 1858 recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'' in the 1858 constitution of the Granadine Confe ...

in the South. * Bolívar State and

Magdalena State The Magdalena State ( es, Estado del Magdalena) was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day areas of the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira, northern Colombia. Provinces * El B ...

in the North.

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* 1857-05-13 created as Estado Federal de Santander (Federal State of Santander). * 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation, * 1863 name Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Santander) in the constitution of the

United States of Colombia United States of Colombia () was the name adopted in 1863 by the for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states.” It comprised the present-day nations ...

Cervantes Virtual: Constitución política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863
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Subdivisions

In 1857 the state was divided into the following departamentos:Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Santander, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003 * Barichara. * Bucaramanga. * Charalá. * Fortul. * Ocaña. * Pamplona. * San Gil. * Socorro. * Vélez. The law of 17 April 1859 divided the state into 7 departamentos: * Róvira Department (capital Concepción). *

Ocaña Department Ocaña may refer to: People * Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro (born 1963), Spanish-born first lady of Honduras * Álvaro Ocaña (born 1993), Spanish footballer * Ángel Ocaña (born 1960), Spanish professional racing cyclist * Christian Ocaña (bo ...

(capital Ocaña). *

Pamplona Department Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

(capital Pamplona). * Santander Department (capital San José de Cúcuta). *

Socorro Department Socorro is a Portuguese- Spanish noun meaning "help" or "relief" (cf. '' succor''). It may also refer to: Places * Socorro, São Paulo, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil * Socorro (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo city, Br ...

(capital Socorro). * Soto Department (capital Bucaramanga). In 1860 two more departamentos were created: * Guanentá Department (capital

San Gil San Gil is a town municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2020, San Gil had a population of roug ...

). *

Charalá Department Charalá is a town and municipality in the south of the department of Santander in northeastern Colombia. Its antipode is located within the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta. The municipality borders the municipalities Encino and Coromoro in the e ...

(capital Charalá).

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