Overview of Colombia: History

Colombia became independent from Spain in 1810. It was one of the five countries liberated by Simón Bolívar. Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama then formed the first Republic of Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela declared their independence from Colombia in 1830. Read More »

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Overview of Colombia: History is based on Colombia by Tom Shenhav, Peter Fitzgerald, Christopher, Matthew Stidham, Ryan Holliday, Rafcha, Burmesedays, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.