Santa Marta Province
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Santa Marta Province was a province of Gran Colombia
. With the 1824 changes in the subdivisions of Gran Colombia
, it became part of Magdalena Department
.
Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. This short-lived republic included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru and northwest Brazil. The...
. With the 1824 changes in the subdivisions of Gran Colombia
Subdivisions of Gran Colombia
- 1820 Departments :* Quito Department* Cundinamarca Department* Venezuela Department- 1824 Districts, departments, provinces :Distrito del Norte - Actual Venezuela.* Apure Department: 2 provinces - Barinas Province and Achaguas Province....
, it became part of Magdalena Department
Magdalena Department (Gran Colombia)
Magdalena Department was one of the departments of Gran ColombiaIn the east it bordered Zulia Department, in the south Boyaca Department, Cundinamarca Department, Cauca Department....
.