Bogotá Province
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Santafé de Bogotá | |
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Province of Gran Colombia and later of Republic of New Granada | |
1550–1857 | |
![]() Location of the province of Santafé de Bogotá in New Granada around 1810 | |
![]() Location of the province in New Granada around 1855 | |
Capital | Santa Fe de Bogotá |
Demonym | Bogotan(o/a), Santafereñ(o/a), Neogranadin(o/a) |
Area | |
• 1820 | 215,627 km2 (83,254 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1789 | 119,779 |
• 1820 | 172,000 |
• 1835 | 255,569 |
• 1843 | 279,032 |
• 1851 | 317,351 |
• Type | Governorate |
Historical era | Spanish colonization of the Americas Colombian War of Independence |
• Established | 1550 |
• Establishment | July 17, 1550 |
• Dissolution | June 15, 1875 |
• Disestablished | 1857 |
Bogotá Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia and later of the Republic of New Granada.
Its name relates to the city of Bogotá located high in the Andes at 2620 m (8646 ft).
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