The Republic of New Granada was a centralist republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Ecuador, and Venezuela. It was created after the dissolution in 1830 of Gran Colombia.The Republic was established after the dissolvement of the Republic of Colombia (Great Colombia) with seccession of Ecuador (Quito, Guayaquil and Azuay) and Venezuela (with Orinoco, Apure and Zulia) and was formed by the departments of Boyaca, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena and Istmo, all in the current Republic of Colombia (except Istmo that is the current Panama). On November 1831 those departments created the Republic of Nueva Granada, but nothing was established about symbols. Old symbols were confirmed provisory by the National Convention of 17 Dicember 1831. It is not clear what flag was it: Restrepo believe that is the flag with two cornucopias of Great Colombia. While new symbols were discused some proposals were issued. On 9 May 1834, the national flag was adopted and was used until 26 November 1861, with the greatcolombian colors in Veles arrangement. Merchant ensign has the eighpointed star in white. In 1851 new civil war when conservative ans slavist from Cauca and Antioquia, led by Manuel Ibánez, Julio Arboleda and Eusebio Borrero, revolted against liberal president José Hilario López trying to stop the process of liberation of slaves and for some religious affairs.