page_title: Panama State
hierarchical_section_title: Panama State
caption_attribution_description: Español: Carta Corográfica del Estado Soberano de Panamá. Tomado del "Atlas de los Estados Unidos de Colombia, antigua Nueva Granada", 1865.
context_page_description: Following independence from Spain in 1821, Panama State was one of the states of the Republic of Gran Colombia. Created 27 February 1855 under the name Estado Federal de Panamá. It later was recognized as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation of 1858, and in the constitution of 1863 renamed as Estado Soberano in the national and state constitutions of 1863. Since 1903, most of its territory has become the Republic of Panama.
context_section_description: Following independence from Spain in 1821, Panama State was one of the states of the Republic of Gran Colombia. Created 27 February 1855 under the name Estado Federal de Panamá (Federal State of Panama). It later was recognized as Estado de la Federación in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation of 1858, and in the constitution of 1863 renamed as Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Panama) in the national and state constitutions of 1863. Since 1903, most of its territory has become the Republic of Panama.
caption: Panama State
  (1865 map by Agostino Codazzi)
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