Gran Colombia region
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Gran Colombia region was a vast early 19th-century northern South American territory that formed the core of Simón Bolívar’s short-lived republic of Gran Colombia.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gran Colombia (Panama region) | 1 |
| Gran Colombia (Venezuela region) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former political region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Simón Bolívar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Amazon basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Orinoco River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| capitalAt | Bogotá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialName | Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Andes Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guiana Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Llanos plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalena River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | peso (during Gran Colombia period) ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
cacao production
ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ coffee cultivation ⓘ gold mining ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
mestizo population ⓘ people of African descent ⓘ people of European descent ⓘ |
| formedCoreOf | Republic of Gran Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringGranColombia | centralized republic ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| includesTerritoryOf |
parts of present-day Guyana
ⓘ
parts of present-day northern Peru ⓘ parts of present-day northwest Brazil ⓘ present-day Colombia ⓘ present-day Ecuador ⓘ present-day Panama ⓘ present-day Venezuela ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Spanish American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Antonio José de Sucre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Francisco de Paula Santander NERFINISHED ⓘ Simón Bolívar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern South America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlySuccessorTo |
Captaincy General of Venezuela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Audience of Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | core territory of Gran Colombia ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Republic of Gran Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignDuringPeak | Republic of Gran Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of northern South American trade routes ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gran Colombia (Venezuela region)
this entity surface form:
Gran Colombia (Panama region)