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On July 20, 1810, Colombian patriots stirred the population of Bogota bogotÃ¡ into street protests Against spanish. Rule The, viceroy under, pressure was forced to agree to allow for a limited independence which later became. Permanent, Today july 20 is celebrated In colombia As Independence. dayy July of 1810, Bogota was a holdout for Spanish rule in the region. To the south, leading citizens of Quito had attempted to wrest control of their government from Spain in August of 1809: this revolt had been put down and the leaders thrown in a dungeon.
Colombia (officially called Republic of Colombia), is a big country in South America. It is in the northwest part of that Continent and it has an area of 1.141.748 kmÂ² (440,839 sq mi).n 1819, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama declared independence from Spain, and formed a country called  Gran Colombia . Venezuela and Ecuador separated in 1830. Panama continued to be part of Colombia until 1903, at which point it proclaimed independence.