Zipaquirá_Province

Zipaquirá Province

Zipaquirá Province

Colombian province (1852–1855)

The Zipaquirá Province (Spanish: Provincia de Zipaquirá) was an administrative division of the Republic of New Granada. It was created on 6 May 1852 when the Bogotá Province was subdivided.[1] The province existed until 24 May 1855, when its territory was reintegrated into the Bogotá Province.[2][3]

The province within New Granada.

Geography

Physical appearance

The province was located in the northwest of the modern department of Cundinamarca, its territory corresponded approximately to provinces of Central Savanna and Rionegro. The territory was highly mountainous as the Cordillera Oriental traveled the province north to south, almost parallel to the main body of water in the region, the Bogotá River.[4]

Territorial division

The province was divided into three cantons: Zipaquirá, Guatavita y La Palma. They were divided into parish districts and villages,[1] as follows:

Governors

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Leyes i Decretos espedidos por el congreso constitucional de la Nueva Granada, 1852" (PDF). 25-26. Imprenta El Neogranadino. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Leyes i Decretos espedidos por el congreso constitucional de la Nueva Granada, 1854". 59-60. Imprenta El Neogranadino. 1854. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Censo de población, año de 1912". Colombiestad (Colombia Estadística). pp. 28–30. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    Pérez, Felipe (1863). Jeografía física i política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Imprenta de la Nación, Bogotá. ISBN 9781144874429.

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