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The Republic of Colombia gained its independence of Spain in 1819, and was officially constituted December 27, 1819. It split up into Venezuela, Ecuador, and the Republic of New Granada, February 29, 1832. The Constitution of April 1, 1858, changed the Republic into a confederation of eight States, under the name of Confederation Granadina. On September 20, 1861, the convention of Bogotá brought out the confederation under the new name of United States of New Granada, with nine States. On May 8, 1863, an improved Constitution was formed, and the States reverted to the old name Colombia—United States of Colombia. The revolution of 1885 brought about another change, and the National Council of Bogota, composed of three delegates from each State, promulgated the Constitution of August 4, 1886. The sovereignty of the States was abolished, and they became simple departments, with governors appointed by the President of the Republic, though they have retained some of their old rights, such as the manage¬ment of their own finances. In April, 1905, several changes were introduced, the country being divided into 15 departments, a Federal District, and 4 intendencies (Territories).
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Colombia
1. Official Publications
Anales diplomaticos y consulares de Colombia. Bagota.
Colombia Bulletin No. 33 of the Bureau of the American Republics. 8. Washington, 1892. Special bulletins of October and November 1893 contain reports on coffee and coal in Colombia.
Circulaire du Ministre des Affaires Etrangères sur les mines d’or et d’argent de la Repub¬lique de Colombie. Bogotá, 1886.
Commercial Relations of the United States, 2 Vols. Washington, 1901.
Descripcion historica, geographica y politica de la República de Colombia. Bogota, 1887.
Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (August 7, 1880). Bogotá.
Diario Official. Bogotá.
Estadistica General por Henrique Arboleda. Bogotá, 1905.
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series and Miscellaneous Series. London.
Informe del Ministro de Fomento—del Ministro de Guerra; del Ministro de Instruccion Publica; Ministro de Relacunes Exteriores; Ministro de Gobierno; Ministro del Tesoro; Ministro de Justicia; Ministro de Hacienda. Bogota, 1899.
2. Non-Official Publications
Borda (J. J.), Compendio de Historia de Colombia. Bogotá, 1890.
Bruyeker (P. de), Les mines d’or et d’argent de la Colombe. Extrait du Bull, de la Soc R. de la Géographie d’Anvers. Antwerp, 1888.
Gadena (P. J.), Anales diplomáticos de Colombia. Bogotá, 1878.
Esguerra, Diccionario geográflco de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Bogotá, 1879.
Etienne (C. P.), Nouvelle-Grenade, aperçu général sur la Colombie. Geneve, 1887.
Hall (Col. F.), Colombia; its Present State in respect of Climate, Soil, &c. 8. Philadelphia 1871.
Keane (A. H.), Central and South America. [In Stanford’s Compendium.] London, 1901.
Moses (B.) Constitution of Colombia. [Translation of Text.] Philadelphia, 1898.
Holton, Twenty Months in the Andes. New York.
Mosquera (General), Compendio de geografia, general, politica, fisica y special de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. 8. London, 1860.
Nuñez (R.) and Jahay (H.), La République de Colombie, Geographie, Histoire, Organisation, &c. Brussels, 1893.
Pereira (R. S.), Les Etats-Unis de Colombie. Paris, 1888.
Perez (Felipe), Geografia general, fisica y politica de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Bogota. 1883.
Petre (F. L.), The Republic of Columbia. London, 1906.
Report of the Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders, Appendix. Annual, London.
Restrepo Tirado (E.), Estudios sobre los Aborigenes de Colombia. Bogotá, 1892.
Rothlisberger (E.), Eldorado: Reise-und Kulturbilde aus dem Sudamerican. Colombien. 1897.
Scruggs (W. L.), The Colombian and Venezuelan Republics. London, 1900.
Simons (F. A. A.), Goajira Peninsula. Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society, Decem¬ber, 1885.
Simons (F A. A.), Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Proceedings of Royal Geographica Society, 1881.
Velasco (T.), Geografia de Colombia. Bogotá. Also Colombia. [Translation from Reclus’ Nouvelle Geographie Universelle, with copious notes superadded.] Bogotá, 1898.
Vergara (F. J.), Nueva Geografla de Colombia. Tomo I. Bogotá, 1901.
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Keltie, J.S. (1907). Colombia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270367_16
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