Colombia When was the country formed?

The area now known as Colombia was colonised by the Spanish in the 16th century, along with much of South and Central America. In the 18th century, Bogot? (capital of present-day Colombia) became, with Mexico City and Lima, one of the main administrative centres of the Spanish colonies in America. Napoleon’s conquest of Spain in 1810 caused several of its

South American colonies to break away and declare their independence, which was properly achieved for Colombia by 1819 after an independence struggle spearheaded by Sim?n Bol?var (’the Liberator’) and Francisco de Paula Santander. The resulting state was called Gran Colombia and included Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela. The latter two countries broke away in 1830, however, and the country went through various changes of name before the Republic of Colombia was founded in 1886. Panama declared its independence in 1903.

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