Bolívar 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 ...

, which existed from 1857 until 1886. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day

Bolívar Department Bolívar () is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending roughly north–south from the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near ...

Sucre Department Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by B ...

Córdoba Department Córdoba (, ) is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bol ...

and

Atlántico Department Atlántico (, ) is a Departments of Colombia, department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department ...

in northern

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Limits

In 1863 it bordered: *

Antioquia State Antioquia State was one of the states of Colombia, which existed from 1856 until 1886. 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 St ...

in the South. *

Cauca State Cauca State was one of the states of Colombia, which existed from 1857 until 1886. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day west and southern Colombia, with some portion of its vast territories acquired by present-day Peru, ...

in the West. *

Magdalena State The Magdalena State () was one of the states of Colombia, which existed from 1863 until 1886. 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. Provinc ...

in the East. *

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in the North.

Naming

* June 15, 1857: created as Estado Federal de Bolívar (Federal State of Bolívar). * 1858 recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'' in the 1858 constitution of the

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. * 1863 Estado Soberano de Bolívar (Sovereign State of Bolívar) in the 1863 constitution of the

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Subdivisions

Departments of 1857

On 1857-06-15, it was divided into 5 departments: * Cartagena Department * Corozal Department * Mompox Department * Sabanilla Department * Sinú Department

Provinces of 1862

By Article 1, Law 26 of December 26, 1862, the Sovereign State of Bolívar was divided into twelve provinces during the government of

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, Juan José Nieto: * Barranquilla Province (village of

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a popul ...

as capital) * Carmen Province (village of

El Carmen de Bolívar El Carmen de Bolívar is a municipality in the department of Bolívar, Colombia, 114 km southeast of Cartagena de Indias. It is located in the orographic system of the Montes de María, being the largest population, as well as the one that ...

as capital) *

Cartagena Province Cartagena Province (), also called ''Gobierno de Cartagena'' (Government of Cartagena) during the Spanish imperial era, was an administrative and territorial division of New Granada in the Viceroyalty of Peru. It was originally organized on Febr ...

(village of

Cartagena de Indias Cartagena ( ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea. Cartagena's past ...

as capital) * Corozal Province (village of Corozal as capital) * Chinú Province (village of Chinú as capital) * Lorica Province (village of Santa Cruz de Lorica as capital) * Magangué Province (village of

Magangué Magangué is a city and municipality in the Department of Bolivar. The city is located in the Magdalena River; 20 km north of the mouth of the Cauca River The Cauca River () is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Ce ...

as capital) * Mahates Province (village of

Mahates Mahates is a river town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia. The town of Mahates was founded on April 17, 1533 by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia. The municipality of Mahates also covers the village of P ...

as capital) * Mompox Province (village of

Santa Cruz de Mompox Mompox or Mompós, officially Santa Cruz de Mompox, is a town and municipality in northern Colombia, in the Bolívar Department. The town initially grew from its proximity to the Magdalena river and has preserved much of its colonial character. I ...

as capital) * Nieto Province (village of

Ciénaga de Oro Ciénaga de Oro () meaning "Golden Marsh", is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. According to 2020 estimates, the population of Ciénaga de Oro was 60,521, with a population density of 94 persons per sq ...

as capital) * Sabanalarga Province (village of Sabanalarga as capital) * Sincelejo Province (village of

Sincelejo Sincelejo () is the capital and largest city of the Colombian department of Sucre in the Caribbean region. It is also the capital of the department's subregion, ''Sabanas'', and is the 25th largest city by population of the country.http://www ...

as capital)

References

States of Colombia Sovereign States of the Granadine Confederation 1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada {{BolivarCO-geo-stub