| Mariquita | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Province of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, United Provinces of New Granada, Gran Colombia, Republic of New Granada | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1550–1861 | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg) Location of the province of Mariquita in New Granada around 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg) Location of the province in New Granada around 1855 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Mariquita | ||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym | Mariquiteñ(o/a), Neogranadin(o/a) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1851[3] | 13,450 km2 (5,190 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1789[1] | 47,138 | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1835[2] | 79,721 | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1843[2] | 89,460 | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1851[3] | 105,105 | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Type | Corregimiento | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish colonization of the Americas Colombian War of Independence | ||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1550 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Establishment | 1550 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Dissolution | July 12, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The province of Mariquita, also called the government of Mariquita during the Spanish imperial era, was an administrative and territorial entity of New Granada, created in 1550 as a corregimiento (administrative division) of the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1717, province became part of Viceroyalty of New Granada after King Philip V of Spain issued a real cédula creating the new viceroyalty.
During the Spanish American wars of independence (1810–1816), Mariquita declared itself a Free State and then joined the United Provinces of New Granada. Later, during the era of Gran Colombia, it was part of the Department of Cundinamarca, which territorially covered all of what are now Colombia and Panama.
After the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, Mariquita was incorporated into the Republic of New Granada. When the (originally unitary) republic adopted a federal system in 1858, the province became one of the constituent provinces of the Sovereign State of Tolima.