Subdivisions of Gran Colombia

1820 Departments

The initial country subdivision of Gran Colombia was into three departments, without larger districts or smaller provinces. They were:

• Cundinamarca Department
• Quito Department
• Venezuela Department

1824 districts, departments, and provinces

Northern District

The Northern District () was in present-day Venezuela and Brazil. Its departments and provinces were:

• Apure Department: 2 provinces — Barinas Province and Achaguas Province.
• Orinoco Department: 4 provinces — Cumaná Province, Barcelona Province, Guayana Province and Margarita Province.
• Venezuela Department: 2 provinces — Caracas Province and Carabobo Province.
• Zulia Department: 4 provinces — Maracaybo/Maracaibo, Coro Province, Mérida Province and Trujillo Province.

Central District

The Central District () was in present-day Colombia and Panama. Its departments and provinces were:

• Boyaca Department: 4 provinces — Tunja Province, Casanare Province, Pamplona Province, and Socorro Province.
• Cauca Department: 4 provinces — Popayán Province, Buenaventura Province, Chocó Province, Pasto Province.
• Cundinamarca Department: 4 provinces — Bogotá Province, Antioquia Province, Mariquita Province, Neiva Province.
• Isthmus Department (now Panama): 2 provinces — Isthmus Province and Veraguas Province.
• Magdalena Department: 3 provinces — Cartagena Province, Riohacha Province, Santa Marta Province.

Control of the south-eastern portion of the Mosquito Coast was disputed with the British and the Federal Republic of Central America.

Southern District

The Southern District () was in present-day Ecuador, and north of Marañón River in present-day Peru. Its departments and provinces were:

• Azuay Department: 3 provinces — Cuenca Province, Loja Province, Jaén de Bracamoros y Maynas Province.
• Guayaquil Department: 2 provinces — Guayaquil Province and Manabí Province.
• Ecuador Department: 3 provinces — Pichincha Province, Chimborazo Province and Imbabura Province.

Maps of subdivisions

File:AGHRC (1890) - Carta IX - Guerras de independencia en Colombia, 1821-1823.jpg|3 departments in 1820: Quito, Cundinamarca, Venezuela File:AGHRC (1890) - Carta XI - División política de Colombia, 1824.jpg|12 departments in 1824 File:Carta corográfica de la Gran Colombia 1825.jpg|Gran Colombia in 1825