Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia)
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Boyaca Department
Departamento del Boyaca | |
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Coordinates: 5°32′N 7°22′W / 5.533°N 7.367°W | |
Created | 1824 |
Dissolved | 1830 |
capital | Tunja |
Population (1820) | |
• Total | 444,000 |
Boyacá Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia.
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.
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