Antioquia State was one of the states of Colombia

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States of Colombia existed from February 27, 1855 in the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation, were they were called "federal states"...

. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern day Antioquia Department

Antioquia Department

Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...

, Colombia

Colombia

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Limits

In 1863 it bordered:

• Santander State
  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:...
  
   and Boyacá State
  Boyacá State
  Boyacá State was one of the states of Colombia.- Naming :* 1857-06-15 create under the name Estado Federal de Boyacá .* 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación in the 1858 constitution of the Granadine Confederation,...
  
   in the East.
• Tolima State
  Tolima State
  Tolima State was one of the states of Colombia .On July 12, 1861, after raising in arms against the constitutional government of the president Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, the general Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera created the Tolima State, carved out of Cundinamarca State.In 1863 it bordered:* Cauca...
  
   in the South.
• Cauca State
  Cauca State
  Cauca State was one of the states of Colombia.Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern day west and southern Colombia, with some portion of its vast territories acquired by present day Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela.- Naming :...
  
   in the West.
• Bolívar State
  Bolívar State (Colombia)
  Bolívar State was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern day Bolívar Department, Sucre Department, Córdoba Department and Atlántico Department in northern Colombia.- Limits :In 1863 it bordered:...
  
   in the North.

Naming

• 1856-06-11 created under the name Estado Federal de Antioquia (Federal State of Antioquia).
• 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation
  Granadine Confederation
  The Granadine Confederation was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It comprised the present day nations of Colombia and Panama...
  
   of 1858.
• 1863 named Estado Soberano de Antioquia (Sovereign State of Antioquia) in the constitution of the United States of Colombia
  United States of Colombia
  The United States of Colombia was the name adopted in 1861 through the Rionegro Constitution for the nation which had been known as the Republic of New Granada since the dissolution of the federation of Gran Colombia in 1830-1831....
  
   of 1863.

Provinces 1856

Through the law of June 11, 1856, the State was composed of the same provinces that constituted:

• Antioquia Province (capital Santa Fe de Antioquia)
• Córdoba Province
  Córdoba Province (Colombia)
  Córdoba Province was one of the provinces of Colombia, it belonged to Antioquia State....
  
   (capital Rionegro)
• Medellín Province (capital Medellín
  Medellín
  Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
  
  )

Departments

Later the State by Act of December 17, 1859, the territory was divided into six departments:

• Córdoba Department
  Córdoba Department
  Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...
  
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• Medellín Department.
• Remedios Department.
• Santa Rosa de Osos Department.
• Santa Fé de Antioquia Department.
• Sonsón Department.

During the government of Pedro Justo Berrio (1864) the State was divided into 7 departments:

• Medellín Department.
• Marinilla Department.
• Santa Rosa de Osos Department.
• Sopetrán Department.
• Sonsón Department.
• La Ceja Department.
• Valdivia Department.

This division was changed later that year, leaving only 5 departments:

• Centro Department.
• Norte Department.
• Occidente Department.
• Oriente Department.
• Sur Department.

External links

University of Antioquia: Antioquia in the Civil War of 1860