In 1808, two years before Colombia won independence, the city had 15,347 people and 360 families.

He helped the country win its independence from the Netherlands.

The city has faced financial problems since it won limited political independence in 1974.

But the women, many of whom also won their independence at the plant, are once again the most vulnerable.

France went a long way toward winning us our independence.

Rebel leaders generally feel that they can win independence through war.

After a hard and bloody struggle, they won their independence.

Who gets to keep the debt if Scotland won independence?

In 1958, two years before the country won independence, 15,000 French nationals lived here.

Soldiers have run the country for all but nine years since it won independence from Britain in 1960.