Gran Colombia

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Gran Colombia was a short-lived early 19th-century republic in northern South America that united present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama under the leadership of Simón Bolívar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state
historical republic
alsoKnownAs Gran Colombia
surface form: Greater Colombia

Gran Colombia
surface form: La Gran Colombia
capital Bogotá
commonLanguage Spanish
constitution Constitution of Cúcuta
continent South America
conventionalLongName Gran Colombia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of Colombia
country Gran Colombia self-link
currency Colombian peso
dateConstitutionAdopted 1821-08-30
dateEstablished 1819-12-17
dissolutionDate 1831-11-21
era Post-colonial period
establishedBy Congress of Cúcuta
surface form: Congress of Angostura

Congress of Cúcuta
firstPresident Simón Bolívar
founder Antonio Nariño
Francisco de Paula Santander
Simón Bolívar
governmentType centralized republic
presidential republic
headOfGovernment Simón Bolívar
headOfState Simón Bolívar
historicalPeriod Latin American independence movements
surface form: Latin American wars of independence
historicalSignificance precursor state to modern Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama
includedTerritory parts of present-day Brazil
parts of present-day Guyana
parts of present-day Peru
present-day Colombia
present-day Ecuador
present-day Panama
present-day Venezuela
inspiredBy ideas of Simón Bolívar
leaderTitle President
legislature Congress of Colombia
locatedIn northern South America
officialLanguage Spanish
precededBy Captaincy General of Venezuela
Audiencia of Quito
surface form: Royal Audience of Quito

Viceroyalty of New Granada
reasonForDissolution political conflicts between centralists and federalists
regional tensions
separatist movements in Venezuela and Ecuador
religion Roman Catholicism
succeededBy Ecuador
surface form: Republic of Ecuador

Republic of New Granada
First Republic of Venezuela
surface form: Republic of Venezuela

Panama
surface form: State of Panama
symbol tricolor flag of yellow, blue, and red
vicePresident Francisco de Paula Santander

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Gran Colombia alsoKnownAs Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: Greater Colombia
Gran Colombia alsoKnownAs Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: La Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
Antonio José de Sucre citizenship Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia conventionalLongName Gran Colombia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Republic of Colombia
Gran Colombia country Gran Colombia self-link
Antonio Nariño countryOfCitizenship Gran Colombia
Simón Bolívar countryOfCitizenship Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
Viceroyalty of New Granada followedBy Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
Ecuador independenceFrom Gran Colombia
Colombian real issuer Gran Colombia
Battle of Ayacucho patriotSide Gran Colombia
this entity surface form: Republic of Gran Colombia
Juan José Flores regionOfActivity Gran Colombia
Viceroyalty of Peru successor Gran Colombia
Colombian real usedIn Gran Colombia