Republic of the New Granada

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República de la Nueva Granada
Republic of the New Granada

1831 – 1858
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Libertad y Orden
(Spanish: Liberty and Order)
Location of New Granada
Location of the Republic of the New Granada shown in green
Capital Santa Fe de Bogotá
Religion Roman Catholic
Government Republic
History
 - Established October 201831
 - Bill of rights¹ 1853
 - Constitutional Change April 111858
Currency Peso
¹ Abolition of slavery, and suffrage to all males over 21.

Republic of the New Granada was centralist republic formed primarily by Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Nicaragua. It was created after the dissolution in 1830 of the Greater Colombia. It was later abolished in 1858 when the Granadine Confederation was created.

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