States of Colombia existed from February 27, 1855, in the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation, where they were called “federal states”. The Granadina State of Antioquia was created from Antioquia Province on June 11, 1856.
The Federal State of Santander, which included the provinces of Socorro and Pamplona, was created May 13, 1857. In 1858 the new constituency, made up in its majority of conservatives, convened and signed the Constitution for the Granadine Confederation of 1858, confirming Bogotá as its Federal Capital. Political divisions of the United States of Colombia in 1864. The United States of Colombia was divided into nine federal states, called “sovereign states” under the constitution of 1863.