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Cundinamarca State was one of the
With the law of 15 June 1857, the state was divided into 8 departments, but in 1858 most were abolished, leaving only Bogotá Department, Neiva Department, Mariquita Department, and San Martín Territory.Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Cundinamarca y Bogotá, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003
Later in 1861, Mariquita Department and Neiva Department were separated to form Tolima State.
Universidad de la Sabana: El notariado en el Estado de Cundinamarca
/ref> * Bogotá Department * Cáqueza Department * Chocontá Department * Guatavita Department * Guaduas Department * Tequendama Department * Zipaquirá Department
Cundinamarca 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 ...
. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca (Federal State of Cundinamarca), in 1858 was recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'', and in the constitution of 1863 renamed as Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Cundinamarca) 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 ...
.
Subdivisions
With the law of 15 June 1857, the state was divided into 8 departments, but in 1858 most were abolished, leaving only Bogotá Department, Neiva Department, Mariquita Department, and San Martín Territory.Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Cundinamarca y Bogotá, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003
Later in 1861, Mariquita Department and Neiva Department were separated to form Tolima State.
Departments of 1862
By the law of 25 August 1862 the state was divided into 7 departamentos:/ref> * Bogotá Department * Cáqueza Department * Chocontá Department * Guatavita Department * Guaduas Department * Tequendama Department * Zipaquirá Department
Departments of 1874
For the year 1874 the number of departments remained the same, but some had been deleted and others created: * Bogotá Department (capitalBogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...
)
* Cáqueza Department (capital Fómeque
Fómeque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative divi ...
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* Facatativá Department (capital Facatativá
Facatativá is a city and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, located about 18 miles (31 km) northwest of Bogotá, Colombia and 2,586 meters above sea level. The city is known for its Archaeological Park Piedras del Tunjo (Rocks o ...
)
* La Palma Department (capital La Palma
La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...
)
* Tequendama Department (capital La Mesa)
* Ubaté Department (capital Ubaté)
* Zipaquirá Department (capital Zipaquirá
Zipaquirá () is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Cogua and Nemocón to the north; Tocancipá to the east; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho ...
)
San Martín Territory, capital in Villavicencio
Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 531,275 inhabitants in 2018.https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacion ...
, was in Bogotá Department but under administration of the national government.
References
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