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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.
The Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of conquest and colonization ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada, with its capital at Bogota. BogotÃ¡ independence From spain was won in, 1819 but by  1830 Gran  colombia had collapsed with the secession Of venezuela And. ecuadort the beginning of the 20th century, Colombia's population was approximately 4 million. The population increased at an annual rate of 1.9% between 1975 and 2005, but its rate of growth is projected to drop to 1.2% over the next decade. Colombia is projected to have a population of 50.9 million by 2020.