Cundinamarca
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- Cundinamarca DepartmentCundinamarca Department- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....
(1886–present), Republic of Colombia - Free and Independent State of CundinamarcaFree and Independent State of CundinamarcaThe Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca was a rebel state in modern Colombia between 1810 and 1815 during the Patria Boba period at the beginning of the Latin American wars of independence...
(1810–1815 Estado Libre e Independiente de Cundinamarca) - Cundinamarca Department (1820)Cundinamarca Department (1820)Cundinamarca Department was one of the three departments of Gran Colombia until 1824.In the South-West it bordered Quito Department, in the East Venezuela Department...
, Gran Colombia roughly encompassing modern Colombia, Panama, and the Mosquito Coast - Cundinamarca Department (1824)Cundinamarca Department (1824)Cundinamarca Department was one the departments of Gran Colombia. It was part of the Centro District.- Provinces :* Bogotá Province. Capital: Bogotá. Cantones: Bogotá, Funza, Guaduas, Mesa, Tocaima, Ubaté y Zipaquirá....
, Gran Colombia - Cundinamarca ProvinceCundinamarca ProvinceCundinamarca Province was one of the Provinces of the Republic of New Granada...
(1851), Republic of New Granada - Cundinamarca StateCundinamarca StateCundinamarca State was one of the states of Colombia. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca , in 1858 was recognized as Estado de la Federación, and in the constitution of 1863 re-named as Estado Soberano of the United States of Colombia.- Subdivisions :With the law of...
(1857)