ine-height:14.4pt;background:white">The provincial
constitution of 1815 upgraded Guaduas to a canton, which in turn was
incorporated into the province of Bogotá in 1824. The town experienced rapid
growth after that. The first official school was opened in 1833, the town
acquired the status of provincial capital in in 1857, four years later the
local hospital was founded, and in 1871 it was connected to the national
telegraph network
