Original: Several important events that forged Colombia as an independent republic took place in city: one of these events was the Congress of 1821, where the Constitution of CÃ cuta was written and approved. This constitution created the Greater Colombia, a nation conformed by the present-day territories of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama.
Simplified: At CÃ cuta the constituent congress of 1821 met to draft the constitution of Greater Colombia (present day Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia).