Republic of New Granada

Republic of New Granada República de la Nueva Granada
1831–1858
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Libertad y Orden (Template:Lang-en)
Republic of the New Granada
Capital	Santa Fè de Bogotá
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Presidential republic
History
• Established	October 20 1831
• Bill of rights¹	1853
• Constitutional Change	April 11 1858
Currency	Peso
Preceded by Succeeded by Greater Colombia Granadine Confederation
Today part of	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Nicaragua Panama Peru Venezuela
¹ Abolition of slavery, and suffrage to all males over 21.

The Republic of New Granada was a centralist republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Ecuador, and Venezuela. It was created after the dissolution in 1830 of Gran Colombia.

One of the prime features of the political climate of the republic was the position of the Catholic Church and the level of autonomy for the federal states. In 1839, dispute arose over the shutting down of monasteries by the Congress of New Granada. This soon escalated into the War of the Supremes, which raged for the next two years and transformed into a conflict about regional autonomy.

New Granada was transformed in 1858 to the Granadine Confederation as an answer to demands for a decentralized country.

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of the Republic of New Granada

The territory of the Republic was divided into provinces. Each province was composed of one or more cantons, each canton was divided into several districts parish.

Likewise, the Republic covered some territories in the peripheries of the country.

See also

• Colombia