The Caquetá Territory ( es, Territorio del Caquetá) was a national territory of the

Republic of New Granada The Republic of New Granada was a 1831–1858 centralist unitary republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. On 9 May 1834, the national fla ...

and the subsequent states of the Granadine Confederation and 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 ...

from 1845 to 1886. Its capital was Mocoa.

History

The Caquetá Territory was created on May 2, 1845, as a national territory of the

. Its territory was carved out of the Popayan Province. In the 1863 constitution it was made a part of the Cauca State. In 1886, the territory was disestablished and its lands transferred to Gran Cauca.

History

See also