| LC control no. | n 79075041 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Bolívar (Colombia : Department) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Colombia--Bolívar (Department) |
| Variant(s) | Bolívar (Colombia : Dept.) |
| See also | Cartagena (Colombia : Province) Sabanilla (Colombia : Province) Córdoba (Colombia : Department) Sucre (Colombia : Department) |
| Found in | Gran encic. de Col., 1992- : v. 3, p. 166 (Bolívar; Departamento de Bolívar; in colonial times comprised the "gobernación" and later the Province of Cartagena; in 1811 it proclaimed its independence as Estado de Cartagena; in 1819 it became the Provincia de Cartagena, a dependency of the Departamento de Cundinamarca (one of three departments comprising Gran Colombia); in 1821 it became a part of Magdalena Dept.; in 1857, became the provinces of Cartagena and Mompós, which, together with Sabanilla Prov. (now Atlántico Dept.) formed the Estado Federal de Bolívar (after 1886, a dept.); later set off from Bolívar Dept. were the depts. of Atlántico, Córdoba (1951), and Sucre (1966)) Wikipedia, March 9, 2018: Bolívar State, Colombia (Bolívar State was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day Bolívar Department, Sucre Department, Córdoba Department and Atlántico Department in northern Colombia; June 15, 1857: created as Estado Federal de Bolívar (Federal State of Bolívar); 1858 recognized as Estado de la Federación in the 1858 constitution of the Granadine Confederation; 1863 Estado Soberano de Bolívar (Sovereign State of Bolívar) in the 1863 constitution of the United States of Colombia) |
| Geographic area code | s-ck--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 79075042 |
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