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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 Bogotá, composed of two 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 management of their own finances. At present there are 14 departments, 2 “ Inten-deneies,” and 7 commissaries.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Columbia
1. Official Publications
Anales diplomáticos y consulares de Colombia. Bogotá.
Bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, D.C.
Constitution of the Republic of Colombia (August 7,1886). Bogotá.
Diario Official. Bogotá.
Estadistica General por Henrique Arboleda. Bogotá, 1905.
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series and Miscellaneous Series. London.
Memoria del Ministro de Obras Públicas—del Ministro de Guerra; del Ministro de Instruccion Publica; Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores; Ministro de Gobierno; Ministro del Tesoro; Ministro de Hacienda. Bogotá.
Informe del Superintendente de las Rentas Publicas. Bogota.
Boletin del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Bogota. Quarterly.
2. Non-Official Publications
Bingham (H.), Journal ofan Expedition across Venezuela and Colombia. London, 1909.
Cadena (P. J.), Anales diplomáticos de Colombia. Bogotá, 1878.
Camacho Roldán (8.), Notas de viaje Republica de Colombia. Paris, 1905.
Eder (P. J.), Colombia. London, 1913.
Fuhrmann (O.) and Mayor (E.), Voyage d’exploration scientifique en Colombie (Vol. 5 des ‘Mémoires de la Société neuchàteloise des Sciences naturelles.’). Neuehâtel, 1914.
Jalhay (H.), La République de Colombie. Brussels, 1909.
Keane (A. H.), Central and South America. [In Stanford’s Compendium.] 2nd. ed. London, 1909.
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Lopez (A.) and Rodriguez (J.), Estadistica de Antioquia. Medelliu, 1914.
Markham (Sir Clements), The Conquest of New Granada. London, 1912.
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Mozatis (H. J.), Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena. New York, 1910.
Nuñez (R.) and Jahay (H.), La République de Colombie, Geographie, Histoire Organisation, &c. Brussels, 1893.
Petre (F. L.), The Republic of Colombia. London, 1906.
Posada (E.), Biblioteca de Historia Nacional. 13 vols. Bogota, 1914.
Report of the Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders, Appendix. Annual, London.
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Vergara (F. J.), Nueva Geografla de Colombia. Temo I. Bogotá, 1901.—Capitulos de una Historia Civil y Militar de Colombia. Bogota, 1914.
Zamora, Guia de Colombia. Bogotá, 1907.
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Keltie, J.S. (1916). Colombia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270459_17
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