Santander State

Santander 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.

Limits

In 1863 it bordered:

• Antioquia State in the West.
• Boyacá State in the South.
• Bolívar State and Magdalena State in the North.

Naming

• 1857-05-13 created as Estado Federal de Santander (Federal State of Santander).
• 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación 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

In 1857 the state was divided into the following departamentos:^[3]

• Barichara.
• Bucaramanga.
• Charalá.
• Fortul.
• Ocaña.
• Pamplona.
• San Gil.
• Socorro.
• Vélez.

The law of 17 april 1859 divided the state into 7 departamentos:^[3]

• Róvira Department (capital Concepción).
• Ocaña Department (capital Ocaña).
• Pamplona Department (capital Pamplona).
• Santander Department (capital San José de Cúcuta).
• Socorro Department (capital Socorro).
• Soto Department (capital Bucaramanga).

In 1860 two more departamentos were created:

• Guanentá Department (capital San Gil).
• Charalá Department (capital Charalá).

References

1. ^ Cervantes Virtual: Constitución de la Confederación Granadina de 1858
2. ^ Cervantes Virtual: Constitución política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863
3. ^ ^{a b} Geografía Física y Política de la Confederación Granadina: Estado de Santander, Obra dirigida por el General Agustín Codazzi, 2003

See also

• Colombian Civil War (1860-1862)