United States of Colombia
The
United States of Colombia is the name adopted in 1863 through the
Rionegro Constitution for the nation which had been known as the
Republic of New Grenada since the dissolution of the federation of
Great Colombia in 1830-1831 .
The nine original states that formed the confederation were
Antioquia,
Bolivar,
Boyaca,
Cauca,
Cundinamarca,
Magdalena,
Panama,
Santander and
Tolima, and the territories of
Caqueta, San Martin, Nevada and Motilones.
After several years of civil war, in
1886 the party that won the war led by
Rafael Núñez proclaimed a new constitution of centralist character that abolished the United States of Colombia and created the
Republic of Colombia.
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United States (disambiguation)
