Provinces of the Republic of New Granada

According to the constitution of 1832, the territory of the Republic of New Granada was divided into provinces. Each province was composed of one or more cantons, and each canton is several divided into districts parish.

Political division of the Republic of New Granada in 1832

The provinces in 1832 were the same that made the Granadine Convention the same year and ratifying the constitution gave the republic. These were:

#	Province	Capital
1	Antioquia	Medellín
2	Barbacoas	Barbacoas
3	Cartagena	Cartagena
4	Casanare	Pore
5	Mariquita	Mariquita
6	Pamplona	Pamplona
7	Panamá	Panamá
8	Pasto	San Juan de Pasto
9	Popayán	Popayán
10	Rio Hacha	Riohacha
11	Santa Fe	Bogotá
12	Santa Marta	Santa Marta
13	Socorro	Socorro
14	Tunja	Tunja
15	Vélez	Vélez
16	Veragua	Santiago de Veraguas

Provinces 1851

Political division of the Republic of New Granada in 1851

For the year 1851 the changes of government and political-economic ideologies of these, added to the existing strong regional trends, led to the division of the republic in 36 provinces, which were:

#	Province	Capital
1	Antioquia	Antioquia
2	Azuero	Los Santos
3	Barbacoas	Barbacoas
4	Bogotá	Bogotá
5	Buenaventura	Cali
6	Casanare	Pore
7	Cartagena	Cartagena
8	Cauca	Buga
9	Chiriquí	David
10	Chocó	Quibdó
11	Córdoba	Rionegro
12	Cundinamarca	Gachetá
13	García Róvira	Málaga
14	Mariquita	Mariquita
15	Medellín	Medellín
16	Mompóx	Mompóx
17	Neiva	Neiva
18	Ocaña	Ocaña
19	Pamplona	Pamplona
20	Panamá	Panamá
21	Pasto	San Juan de Pasto
22	Popayán	Popayán
23	Rio Hacha	Riohacha
24	Sabanilla	Barranquilla
25	Santa Marta	Santa Marta
26	Santander	Cúcuta
27	Socorro	Socorro
28	Soto	Piedecuesta
29	Tequendama	Fusagasugá
30	Tunja	Tunja
31	Tundama	Santa Rosa
32	Túquerres	Ipiales
33	Valle de Upar	Valledupar
34	Vélez	Vélez
35	Veragua	Santiago de Veraguas
36	Zipaquirá	Zipaquirá

Territories

Likewise, the Republic cover some territories in the peripheries of the country:

• Caquetá Territory, capital in Mocoa
• San Martín Territory, capital in San Martín, between Meta River y Guaviare River.
• Mosquito Coast: While through the Royal Decree of 20 November 1803 it became part of New Granada, it never had an effective control over it as being under British rule. Legally dependent on the Cartagena Province. Still, in 1841 the government arrested and expelled an expedition of British settlers to Nueva Segovia (River Bluefields) that had arrived in 1841 on Little Catherine, having been granted title to land by the King of the Muskitos.
• San Andrés and Providencia, also became part of New Granada by the same royal decree that transferred the Mosquito Coast of the Captaincy General of Guatemala to the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Depended on the Cartagena Province.

Creation of states

Seven states of Colombia were created out of the provinces from 1855 to 1857, with another created in 1858 after New Granada became the Granadine Confederation.