Código político y municipal. Ley de demarcación y división territorial

Abstract

The image contains news about the Law of Demarcation and Territorial Division of 1857 in Colombia, which establishes the limits of the territory of the State and its administrative division into districts, judicial circuits and departments. The main points include the delimitation of the territory in the provinces of Bogotá, Mariquita and Neiva, as well as the definition of the territorial limits from the easternmost point to the separation of the Cosiquiari arm of the Orinoco River, using various geographical references. Three departments are established: Bogotá, Mariquita and Neiva, each with its corresponding judicial circuits and districts, whose capitals can be cities, towns, parishes or villages. The law seeks to provide an administrative division to facilitate the administration of the State in terms of justice and politics at the municipal level. News published in Gaceta de Cundinamarca December 18, 1858.