page_title: Subdivisions of Gran Colombia
section_title: 1820 Departments
hierarchical_section_title: Subdivisions of Gran Colombia / 1820 Departments
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mapa de los tres departamentos Venezuela, Cundinamarca y Quito, que confomaron la República de Colombia y que muestra las campañas de la guerra de independencia entre 1821 y 1823. Tomado del "Atlas físico y político de la República de Venezuela", 1840.
context_page_description: The Republic of Gran Colombia was a former independent country in northern South America, a post-Spanish colonial country that existed from 1819 to 1831. Its initial subdivisions, created in 1820, were revised and expanded in 1824.
context_section_description: The initial country subdivision of Gran Colombia was into three departments, without larger districts or smaller provinces. They were:
  Cundinamarca Department
  Quito Department
  Venezuela Department
caption: Gran Colombia departments in 1820.
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