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Mariquita Province
The Province of Mariquita, also known as the Governorate of Mariquita during the Spanish Empire, was an administrative and territorial entity in New Granada created on 1550 as a corregimiento within the Viceroyalty of Peru. A royal decree (real cédula), issued by king Philip V of Spain on 1717, created the Viceroyalty of New Granada and transferred the province to this new territory.
During the early stages of the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1810-1816), the Province of Neiva declared itself to be a Free State and joined the United Provinces of New Granada. During the period known as Gran Colombia, the province became part of the Department of Cundinamarca, which back then covered all the territory of modern-day Colombia and Panama.
After the dissolution of Gran Colombia, the province joined the Republic of New Granada, a centralist nation, until the federalist system was adopted by New Granada in 1858 and the region became one of the constituent provinces of the Sovereign State of Tolima.
Prior to Spanish colonization, the area that was to become Marquita Province was home to several indigenous societies that had established complex trade networks with inhabitants of the Central and Eastern Cordilleras. Notable among these groups were the Ondaimas, Babadujos, Yaporoges, Panches, and Pijaos. These indigenous peoples were known for their bravery, resilience, and fierce resistance to Spanish conquest.
The Spanish crown, under the direction of Don Juan de Borja, president of the Real Audiencia, launched a campaign of extermination against these indigenous groups. Despite facing severe atrocities, many indigenous people, such as those led by Cacique Calarla, chose death over submission to Spanish rule.
The present-day city of Honda was originally an indigenous settlement, strategically located as a port and trading hub.
Between 1510 and 1540, the main governorships of the New Kingdom of Granada were established from the dissolution of New Andalusia and Castilla de Oro: Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Popayán. In 1564, the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá was established, which prompted a new division of the territory. Mariquita was designated as one of the two corregimientos of royal provision (the other being Tunja); corregimientos constituted the basic administrative division, equivalent to Spanish municipalities.
Spain later divided the territory of the New Kingdom of Granada into provinces. In 1763, Mariquita formally became one of these provinces, a designation it retained during the colonial period and much of the republican era. Through the real cedulá of 1717, it became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, separate from the Viceroyalty of Peru.
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Mariquita Province
The Province of Mariquita, also known as the Governorate of Mariquita during the Spanish Empire, was an administrative and territorial entity in New Granada created on 1550 as a corregimiento within the Viceroyalty of Peru. A royal decree (real cédula), issued by king Philip V of Spain on 1717, created the Viceroyalty of New Granada and transferred the province to this new territory.
During the early stages of the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1810-1816), the Province of Neiva declared itself to be a Free State and joined the United Provinces of New Granada. During the period known as Gran Colombia, the province became part of the Department of Cundinamarca, which back then covered all the territory of modern-day Colombia and Panama.
After the dissolution of Gran Colombia, the province joined the Republic of New Granada, a centralist nation, until the federalist system was adopted by New Granada in 1858 and the region became one of the constituent provinces of the Sovereign State of Tolima.
Prior to Spanish colonization, the area that was to become Marquita Province was home to several indigenous societies that had established complex trade networks with inhabitants of the Central and Eastern Cordilleras. Notable among these groups were the Ondaimas, Babadujos, Yaporoges, Panches, and Pijaos. These indigenous peoples were known for their bravery, resilience, and fierce resistance to Spanish conquest.
The Spanish crown, under the direction of Don Juan de Borja, president of the Real Audiencia, launched a campaign of extermination against these indigenous groups. Despite facing severe atrocities, many indigenous people, such as those led by Cacique Calarla, chose death over submission to Spanish rule.
The present-day city of Honda was originally an indigenous settlement, strategically located as a port and trading hub.
Between 1510 and 1540, the main governorships of the New Kingdom of Granada were established from the dissolution of New Andalusia and Castilla de Oro: Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Popayán. In 1564, the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá was established, which prompted a new division of the territory. Mariquita was designated as one of the two corregimientos of royal provision (the other being Tunja); corregimientos constituted the basic administrative division, equivalent to Spanish municipalities.
Spain later divided the territory of the New Kingdom of Granada into provinces. In 1763, Mariquita formally became one of these provinces, a designation it retained during the colonial period and much of the republican era. Through the real cedulá of 1717, it became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, separate from the Viceroyalty of Peru.
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