According to the constitution of 1832, the territory of the Republic of New Granada was divided into provinces. Each province was composed of one or more cantons, and each canton is several divided into districts parish.
The provinces in 1832 were the same that made the granadine convention the same year and ratifying the constitution gave the republic. These were:
For the year 1851 the changes of government and political-economic ideologies of these, added to the existing strong regional trends, led to the division of the republic in 36 provinces, which were:
Likewise, the Republic cover some territories in the peripheries of the country: