United States of Colombia

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The United States of Colombia (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Colombia ) was a South American country, which emerged from the Granada Confederation in 1863 and 1886 to the present day Republic of Colombia was. The United States of Colombia led on May 8, 1863 a constitution in the sense of the Liberals.

The nine states were Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Panama, Santander, as well as the new state of Tolima, there was also the territories of Caquetá, San Martin, Nevada and Motilones. However, the distribution of power between the states and the central government was not clearly defined, so that the individual states were largely independent.

In the history of the United States of Colombia, there were several civil wars. The conservative President Rafael Núñez 1886 led a conservative, centralist constitution and changed the name of the state to the present.

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Colombian flags on flaggenlexikon.de
Meyers Lexicon of 1888

Historical state in America
History of Colombia
Established in 1863
Dissolved in 1886

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