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Magdalena State

The Magdalena State was one of the states of Colombia, which existed from 1863 until 1886. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day areas of the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira, northern Colombia.

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The Magdalena State (Spanish: Estado del Magdalena) was one of the states of Colombia, which existed from 1863 until 1886. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day areas of the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira, northern Colombia.1

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  1. Alarcón Meneses, Luis (1995). "Espacio, Poblamiento Y Variaciones Territoriales En El Estado Soberano Del Magdalena" [Space, Settlement and Territorial Variations in the Sovereign State of Magdalena] (PDF) (in Spanish). Barranquilla. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

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