Antioquia State was one of the

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, which existed from 1856 until 1886. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern day

Antioquia Department Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part o ...

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Limits

In 1863 it bordered: * Santander State and

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in the East. *

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in the West. * Bolívar State in the North.

Naming

* on 11 June 1856 created under the name Estado Federal de Antioquia (Federal State of Antioquia). * 1858 recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'' in the constitution of the

Granadine Confederation The Granadine Confederation () was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It consisted of the present-day nations of Colombia and Panama and parts of north ...

of 1858. * 1863 named Estado Soberano de Antioquia (Sovereign State of Antioquia) in the constitution of the

United States of Colombia The 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 nat ...

of 1863, with Pascual Bravo as president.Cervantes Virtual: Constitución política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863
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Subdivisions

Provinces 1856

Through the law of June 11, 1856, the State was composed of the same provinces that constituted:Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Antioquia, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003 * Antioquia Province (capital Santa Fe de Antioquia) * Córdoba Province (capital

Rionegro Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...

) * Medellín Province (capital

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

)

Departments

Later the State by Act of December 17, 1859, the territory was divided into six departments:Historia de Antioquia, Jorge Orlando Melo, 1988 *

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. * Medellín Department. * Remedios Department. * Santa Rosa de Osos Department. * Santa Fé de Antioquia Department. * Sonsón Department. During the government of Pedro Justo Berrio (1864) the State was divided into 7 departments:Biblioteca Universidad de Antioquia: Roberto Cadavid Misas, Argos, Historia de Antioquia
* Medellín Department. * Marinilla Department. * Santa Rosa de Osos Department. * Sopetrán Department. * Sonsón Department. * La Ceja Department. * Valdivia Department. This division was changed later that year, leaving only 5 departments: * Centro Department. * Norte Department. * Occidente Department. * Oriente Department. * Sur Department.

External links

University of Antioquia: Antioquia in the Civil War of 1860

References

States of Colombia Sovereign States of the Granadine Confederation History of Antioquia Department 1856 establishments in the Republic of New Granada {{Colombia-hist-stub