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    D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (Spanish: [ˌsanta ˈfe ðe βoɣoˈta]; lit. 'Holy Faith of Bogotá') during the Spanish Colonial period and...
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    The province of Santafé de Bogotá, also known as the government of Santafé during the Spanish imperial era, was originally an administrative and territorial...
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    authority, at Santafé de Bogotá in 1549. In 1650, the population of the New Kingdom of Granada (Including the Popayán Province) was estimated to be around...
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    his home to continue his education in the Viceregal capital of Santa Fe de Bogotá, while finishing his studies on July 20, 1810 he joined in the revolutionary...
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    airport serving Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and its surrounding areas. The airport is located mostly in the Fontibón district of Bogotá, although it...
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    The Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Bogotá; Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bogotensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical...
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    Fusagasugá is located between Bogotá and Girardot, and it is an hour of each city. The capital city of the Province of Sumapaz, it is an important focus...
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    Kathleen (1987). Los de la Lengua de Cueva: los grupos indígenas del istmo oriental en la época de la conquista española (1a ed.). Bogotá, Colombia: Instituto...
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    the Bogotá Province was subdivided. The province existed until 24 May 1855, when its territory was reintegrated into the Bogotá Province. The province was...
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  • Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés: Historia General y Natural de las Indias. Madrid 1959. Juan de Castellanos: Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias. Bogotá 1997...
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    on October 5, 1814. On January 12, 1815, Congress arrived in Santa Fe de Bogotá, after its army, headed by Simón Bolívar, had forced Cundinamarca into...
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    Fe de Bogotá. p. 224. Retrieved on December 18, 2022. Díaz del Castillo Zarama, Emiliano (2006). Raíces del pueblo nariñense. Santa Fe de Bogotá. p. 225...
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    served as president of Colombia between 1922 and 1926. Ospina was born in Bogotá, on September 18, 1858. He was born in the Presidential Palace, as his father...
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  • liberalization policies. De Greiff was born in Bogotá, D.C., on June 20, 1929, to Gustavo de Greiff Obregón and Cecilia Restrepo Piñeres. De Greiff was of Swedish...
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  • Santa Marta Diocese of Valledupar Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá Diocese of Engativá Diocese of Facatativá Diocese...
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  • Main 1988, ISBN 3-458-32767-3 Juan de Castellanos (1997), Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias (in German), Bogotá, p. 162{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location...
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    concession of Venezuela Province that Charles I of Spain granted to the Welser banking family and the foundation of Santafe de Bogotá. Nikolaus Federmann...
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    Diego de Ordaz, also Diego de Ordás (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ðe oɾˈðaθ]; 1480 in Castroverde de Campos, Zamora province, Spain – 1532 on the Atlantic), was a...
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    present-day Colombia, and established the New Kingdom of Granada, with Santa Fé de Bogotá as its capital. Independence from the Spanish Empire was achieved in 1819...
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    to become president of Compañía de Servicios Bursátiles S.A., one of the brokerage firms that made part of the Bogotá stock exchange. During his tenure...
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    y plataformas logísticas" (PDF). Tecnura. 8 (16). Bogotá: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. doi:10.14483/22487638.6249 (inactive 12 September...
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    municipality of Sesquilé in the Almeidas Province, Cundinamarca department of Colombia, 57 km (35 mi) northeast of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The lake...
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    73; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983 Valencia Tovar, Álvaro. (2021) General de división José María Córdova. Academia Colombiana de Historia. 2nd edition. Bogotá. p...
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    Description of the Kingdom of Santafé de Bogotá in 1789, the province had a population of 47,138 inhabitants. By 1835, the province had grown to 79,721 inhabitants...
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    Pasto and resisting calls to return to Bogotá or Venezuela. Meanwhile, Royalist forces under general José de Canterac overwhelmed the Peruvian republic [es]...
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    uprising by General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera sparked a new three-year civil war in 1860. After the capture of Bogotá in 1861 by Mosquera, who proclaimed...
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    beginning of the Spanish American wars of independence. Its capital was Bogotá, the former capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Following the occupation...
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    Americas São Paulo Mexico City New York Los Angeles Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Bogotá Lima Chicago Toronto San Francisco Miami Boston Dallas Santiago Houston...
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    Sites. Villa de Leyva is located 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of the departmental capital Tunja. It is about three hours by car or bus from Bogotá. Located...
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    he was appointed by the senate as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Bogotá. Despite trying to resign repeatedly, he was denied permission. Later...
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