The Constitution of Cúcuta in 1821 divided the
country into departments, those in the provinces, counties and provinces in the
latter in parishes and began his life as an administrative entity department
Boyacá composed of the provinces of Tunja, Pamplona, Socorro and Casanare. By
Act of June 15, 1857, Boyacá gained its inception as a sovereign state
consisting of the provinces of Tunja, Tundama, Casanare, the cantons of
Chiquinquirá and Velez; as Act of October 31 of that year created four
departments, 42 districts Tunja, Tundama 46, Casanare and East 21 6. Using the
Constitution of Rionegro in 1863 the administrative divisions of Boyacá
suffered various modifications and according to Law 10 of that year adopted a
new division in 6 departments: Casanare, Tundama, North, West, East and Centre.
The Constitution of 1886, centralist, divided the country into departments,
those in the provinces and municipalities, provinces, the provinces were
abolished in 1911 by Executive Decree No. 306 and several towns were segregated
will be the Arauca police station and thereafter the municipalities in the
Orinoco region of Casanare formed the quartermaster, and its newly annexed
territory Boyacá department until 1973 when it split off again
