Granadine Confederation

Granada Confederation

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Granada Confederation ( also granadinian confederation Spanish: Confederación granadina ) was 1858-1863 the official name of what became the United States of Colombia, the predecessor state of today's Colombia. It originated from the Republic of New Granada.

Geography

The Granada Confederacy was located in the northwest of South America. The confederation bordered to the north by the Caribbean Sea and to the west by the Pacific Ocean, neighboring countries were in the East the Empire Brazil and the Republic of Venezuela, in the south of the Republic of Ecuador, in the northwest bordering the Confederation of Central America. The region's climate is tropical with two seasons. The most important port cities were Panama City, Cartagena and Santa Marta.

Population and Policy

The Confederacy had a population of about 2.5 million, of which approximately 500,000 whites ( creoles ), about 450,000 Indians, more than 80,000 blacks, about 1 million mestizos and mulattos 300,000. The State Church of Granada Confederation was the Roman Catholic Church. There was a parliament of 62 deputies, the country was more of a confederation of the eight constituent states of Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Panama and Santander, which in turn consisted of a total of 19 sub- provinces. Although the Granada Confederation was independent, the trade was exclusively across the UK.