santander, state, 53333, 53333, 1863, states, colombia, today, area, former, state, makes, most, modern, areas, santander, department, norte, santander, department, northeastern, colombia, contents, limits, naming, subdivisions, references, alsolimits, editin,. 6 32 00 N 73 12 00 W 6 53333 N 73 2 W 6 53333 73 2 1863 Santander StateSantander State was one of the states of Colombia 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 Contents 1 Limits 2 Naming 3 Subdivisions 4 References 5 See alsoLimits editIn 1863 it bordered Antioquia State in the West Boyaca State in the South Bolivar State and Magdalena State in the North Naming edit1857 05 13 created as Estado Federal de Santander Federal State of Santander 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federacion 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 edit nbsp Sovereign State of Santander In 1857 the state was divided into the following departamentos 3 Barichara Bucaramanga Charala Fortul Ocana Pamplona San Gil Socorro Velez The law of 17 April 1859 divided the state into 7 departamentos 3 Rovira Department capital Concepcion Ocana Department capital Ocana Pamplona Department capital Pamplona Santander Department capital San Jose de Cucuta Socorro Department capital Socorro Soto Department capital Bucaramanga In 1860 two more departamentos were created Guanenta Department capital San Gil Charala Department capital Charala References edit Cervantes Virtual Constitucion de la Confederacion Granadina de 1858 Cervantes Virtual Constitucion politica de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863 a b Geografia Fisica y Politica de la Confederacion Granadina Estado de Santander Obra dirigida por el General Agustin Codazzi 2003See also editColombian Civil War 1860 1862 nbsp This Colombia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Santander State amp oldid 1176321940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
