Republic of New Granada República de la Nueva Granada (Spanish) | |||||||||
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| 1831–1858 | |||||||||
| Motto: Libertad y Orden (English: Liberty and Order) | |||||||||
.svg) Republic of New Granada | |||||||||
| Capital | Santa Fé de Bogotá | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Granadine | ||||||||
| Government | Presidential republic | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 20 October 1831 | ||||||||
| 1853 | |||||||||
• Constitutional Change | 11 April 1858 | ||||||||
| Currency | Peso | ||||||||
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The Republic of New Granada was a 1831–1858 centralist unitary republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. On 9 May 1834, the national flag was adopted and was used until 26 November 1861, with the Gran Colombian colours in Veles' arrangement. The merchant ensign had the eight-pointed star in white.
In 1851, a civil war broke out when conservative and pro-slavery groups from Cauca and Antioquia departments, led by Manuel Ibánez, Julio Arboleda and Eusebio Borrero, revolted against liberal president José Hilario López, in an attempt to prevent emancipation of disenfranchised groups and abolition of slavery, in addition to a number of religious issues.
