San Martín Territory

The San Martín Territory (Spanish: Territorio de San Martín) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada (1846–1856) and the United States of Colombia (1866–1886) created on June 2, 1846.^[1] The capital was San Martín.

The territory in 1855 within the Republic of New Granada

An 1865 map of the territory.

In the South it bordered the Caquetá Territory.

Timeline

• 1832 part of Bogotá Province as San Martín Territory.
• 1844 part of Cundinamarca State as San Martín Territory.
• 1856 part of Bogotá Province as the San Martín Canton.
• 1863 part of Cundinamarca State as San Martín Territory.
• 1867 Cundinamarca cedes all rights over the territory to the Union
• 1875 it is named Meta Province
• 1886 as Oriente Province part of Cundinamarca Department
• 1906 Meta National Territory
• 1909 Meta National Intendency
• 1959 Meta Department