After the release of the Spanish crown The country went through a constitutional process to become the republic that is known today. In this context it should be noted that during its conformation it was also called the United States of Colombia. What were the reasons?
As confirmed by the Colombia Geographic Society Through its website, during the Constitution of 1863 the federalism of the Granada Constitution of 1858 would have been deepened and for this reason it would have been decreed: “The sovereign states join and federate to perpetuity, form a free, sovereign, independent nation , under the name of the United States of Colombia. ”
When this situation was fully ratified, General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera complied with the purpose of forming a country with 9 states: Panama, Antioquia, Magdalena, Bolívar, Santander, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolima and Cauca, with different policies than those executed at that time.
It is worth adding that at that time the presidential period reached two years and each sovereign state had its president, Congress, Army And he could also declare war on any of the other territories.
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“The first official map of Colombia with its political-administrative divisions was prepared by Manuel Ponce de León, engineer, and Manuel María Paz, distinguler, on work carried out by the Chorographic Commission led by Agustín Codazzi. It is dated 1864, it was supervised by General Mosquera, ”they point out in the aforementioned agency.
‘United States of Colombia’: Until when did this national conformation lasted?
How much validity did the United States of Colombia have?
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It is important to mention that this national conformation did not last many years. TUvo a validity since 1861 and concluded in 1886when the national authorities make changes in the Magna Carta so that the management were not federalists, but centralists in a process that occurred immediately after some civil wars and also the presidential assumption of Rafael Núñez.
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After this event, the freedoms previously granted to subsequently found the Republic of Colombia were limited.
