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1863 Santander State

Santander 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 areas of the Santander Department and Norte de Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.

Limits

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In 1863 it bordered:

Naming

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  • 1857-05-13 : created as Estado Federal de Santander (Federal State of Santander).
  • 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation,[1]
  • 1863 name Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Santander) in the constitution of the United States of Colombia[2]

Subdivisions

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Sovereign State of Santander.

In 1857 the state was divided into the following departamentos:[3]

  • Barichara.
  • Bucaramanga.
  • Charalá.
  • Fortul.
  • Ocaña.
  • Pamplona.
  • San Gil.
  • Socorro.
  • Vélez.

The law of 17 April 1859 divided the state into 7 departamentos:[3]

In 1860 two more departamentos were created:

References

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  1. ^ Cervantes Virtual: Constitución de la Confederación Granadina de 1858
  2. ^ Cervantes Virtual: Constitución política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863
  3. ^ a b Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Santander, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003

See also

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