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The Caquetá Territory (Spanish: Territorio del Caquetá) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada and the subsequent states of the Granadine Confederation and the United States of Colombia from 1845 to 1886. Its capital was Mocoa.
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History
editThe Caquetá Territory was created on May 2, 1845, as a national territory of the Republic of New Granada. Its territory was carved out of the Popayan Province.
In the 1863 constitution it was made a part of the Cauca State.
In 1886, the territory was disestablished and its lands transferred to Gran Cauca.