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Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia)

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Created
  
1824

capital
  
Tunja

Dissolved
  
1830


Boyacá Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia.

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Borders

It had borders to

  • Magdalena Department, Zulia Department, Apure Department in the North,
  • Orinoco Department in the East,
  • Azuay Department in the South,
  • Cauca Department, Cundinamarca Department in the West.

    • Subdivisions

    4 provinces and 29 cantons:

  • Tunja Province. Capital: Tunja. Cantones: Tunja, Chiquinquirá, Garagoa, Leyva, Moniquirá, Muzo, Santa Rosa, Sogamoso, Suata y Turmeque.
  • Casanare Province. Capital: Pore. Cantones: Pore, Arauca, Chire, Macuco, Nunchía y Tame.
  • Pamplona Province. Capital: Pamplona. Cantones: Pamplona, Bucaramanga, Girón, Piedecuesta, Salazar, San José de Cúcuta y Villa del Rosario.
  • Socorro Province. Capital: Socorro. Cantones: Socorro, Barichara, Charalá, San Gil, Vélez y Zapatoca.

    • References

    Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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