Constitution of Cúcuta

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The Constitution of Cúcuta was the founding charter of Gran Colombia, establishing its republican framework and centralist political structure in 1821.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
founding charter
adoptedBy Congress of Cúcuta
aimedTo unify former Spanish colonies in northern South America
appliesToTerritory Gran Colombia
componentTerritory New Granada (as part of Gran Colombia)
Quito (as part of Gran Colombia)
Venezuela (as part of Gran Colombia)
linked to: Gran Colombia
country Gran Colombia
createdBody Chamber of Representatives
Senate
createdBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
createdOffice President of Gran Colombia
Vice President of Gran Colombia
dateAdopted 1821-08-30
definesAsCapital Bogotá
established Gran Colombia
Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
linked to: Gran Colombia
follows Spanish colonial rule in northern South America
Wars of Independence in northern South America
governmentForm republic
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Republic of Colombia
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic of Colombia
historicalPeriod Latin American wars of independence
inception 1821
inspiredBy liberal ideas of the Age of Enlightenment
republican constitutionalism
language Spanish
legalStatus supreme law of Gran Colombia
legislatureType bicameral legislature
locationOfCongress Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta
placeOfAdoption Cúcuta
Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta
politicalStructure centralist
presentDayLocation Colombia
prominentFigure Francisco de Paula Santander
Simón Bolívar
region northern South America
regulated administrative organization of Gran Colombia
citizenship in Gran Colombia
division of powers in Gran Colombia
repealed 1830
replacedBy Constitution of 1830 of Gran Colombia
shortName Cúcuta Constitution
typeOfGovernment representative democracy

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Gran Colombia constitution Constitution of Cúcuta
President of Gran Colombia legalBasis Constitution of Cúcuta
President of Gran Colombia seeAlso Constitution of Cúcuta
Constitution of Cúcuta shortName Cúcuta Constitution
linked to: Constitution of Cúcuta
Angostura Congress approvedDocument Fundamental Law of the Republic of Colombia
linked to: Constitution of Cúcuta
Angostura Congress approvedDocument Constitutional basis for Gran Colombia
linked to: Constitution of Cúcuta