Free State of Mariquita
Free State of Mariquita | |||||||||
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| 1814–1816 | |||||||||
The Free State of Mariquita in 1814 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mariquita | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Mariquiteñ(o/a), Neogranadin(o/a) | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1814–1816 | José León Armero Racines | ||||||||
| Historical era | Colombian War of Independence | ||||||||
• Declaration of independence | December 22 1814 | ||||||||
• Constitution enacted | March 3, 1815 | ||||||||
| July 12 1816 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Colombia | ||||||||
The Free State of Mariquita was an administrative and territorial entity of the United Provinces of New Granada. It encompassed the territory of its namesake New Granadian province as it existed in 1810.