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It has been supposed that the islands were first discovered by Christopher Columbus during his first voyage in 1492.
In 1670 the English corsair Henry Morgan took over the islands until 1689. In 1803, after Spain's Viceroyalty of New Granada had been reestablished in 1739, the archipielago and the province of Veraguas - covering the western territory of Panama and the eastern coast of Nicaragua - were added to its area of jurisdiction. In the later colonial era the territory was administered from the province of Cartagena. After gaining its independence, the Republic of Gran Colombia occupied the islands in 1822 and transferred control over them to the department of Magdalena. Subsequently, the United Provinces of Central America (UPCA) did not recognize the occupation of the islands and claimed ownership over them, while Colombia in turn protested the UPCA's occupation of the eastern coast of modern day Nicaragua. The UPCA federation dissolved in civil war between 1838-1840 and the resulting state of Nicaragua carried on with the dispute, as did the Republic of New Granada (made up of modern Colombia and Panama) that emerged from the dissolution of Gran Colombia. Colombia later established a local administration ("intendencia") in the islands during 1912. The signing of the Esguerra-Bárcenas treaty in 1928 between both governments temporarily resolved the dispute in favor of Colombia. However, since 1980, when the Sandinista government assumed power in Nicaragua, a constitutional reform was enacted and the treaty was renounced. |
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1. Dependency status: one of the departments of Colombia 2. Government type: none; republic; executive branch dominates government structure (Colombia) 3. Location: San Andres is located 90 miles off the eastern coastline of Nicaragua. This series of cays and islands also includes the larger islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina. All of them belong to the country of Colombia, 480 miles to the southeast. 4. Border Countries: none (islands) 5. Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands6. Terrain: flat coastal lowlands 7. Area: 47 sq km 8. Capital: San Andres (55,200) 9. Administrative divisions: none; 10. Population: 75 000 inhabitians 11. Languages: Spanish, English 12. Religions: varied... 13. Currency:
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