Cundinamarca in United States of Colombia

Cundinamarca State was one of the

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. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca (Federal State of Cundinamarca). In 1858, it was recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'', and in the constitution of 1863, it was renamed Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Cundinamarca) of the

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. It was abolished in 1886.

Subdivisions

Under 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

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.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

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/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 eliminated and others created: * Bogotá Department (capital

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

) * Cáqueza Department (capital

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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 of ...

) * La Palma Department (capital

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) * Tequendama Department (capital La Mesa) * Ubaté Department (capital

Ubaté Ubaté (originally Villa San Diego de Ubaté) is a town and municipality in the Ubaté Province, part of Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Ubaté is the capital of the province with the same name and situated in the Ubaté–Chiquinquirá Vall ...

) * 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; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south, Tocancipá and Gachancipá to the east and ...

)

, with its capital in

Villavicencio Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. The capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The municipality had a population of 531,275 in 2018. The city is located at 4°08'N, 73°40'W, 75 km (about 45 ...

, was part of Bogotá Department but under the administration of the national government.

References

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