Magdalena State
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1863 Magdalena State
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Sovereign State of Magdalena
The Magdalena State (Spanish: Estado del Magdalena) was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day areas of the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira, northern Colombia.
Provinces[]
- (capital Aguachica)
- (capital Riohacha)
- Santa Marta Province (capital Santa Marta)
- Tenerife Province (capital Tenerife)
- (capital Valledupar)
See also[]
- Colombian Civil War (1860-1862)
Categories:
- Colombia stubs
- States of Colombia
- Sovereign States of the Granadine Confederation
- History of Magdalena Department