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Free State of Mariquita Estado Libre de Mariquita (Spanish) | |||||||||
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1814–1816 | |||||||||
Capital | Mariquita | ||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Mariquiteñ(o/a), Neogranadin(o/a) | ||||||||
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.[1]