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Gran Colombia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾaŋ koˈlombja] ⓘ, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. It included present-day Colombia, mainland Ecuador (i.e. excluding the Galápagos Islands), Panama, and Venezuela, along with parts of northern Peru, northwestern Brazil, and Guyana. The terms Gran Colombia and Greater Colombia are used historiographically to distinguish it from the current Republic of Colombia,[3] which is also the official name of the former state. However, international recognition of the legitimacy of the Gran Colombian state ran afoul of European opposition to the independence of states in the Americas. Austria, France, and Russia only recognized independence in the Americas if the new states accepted monarchs from European dynasties. In addition, Colombia and the international powers

Gran Colombia - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 4°39′N 74°03′W / 4.650°N 74.050°W / 4.650; -74.050 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Republic in South and Central America from 1819 to 1831 {{cite book|last=Bethell|first=Leslie|title=The Cambridge History of Latin America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QghsDsSCB4C&pg=PA141|access-date=September 6, 2011|year=1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-23224-1|page=141}}</ref>"},"date_end":{"wt":"November 19,"},"event_end":{"wt":"[[Dissolution of Gran Colombia|Dissolution]]"},"s1":{"wt":"Republic of New Granada"},

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