The name Acandí is derived from the
Acandí tribe which means "River of Stones". The first foundation of
the town of Acandí originated in c. 1890 by Spanish settlers Concepcion Gomez,
Fermin Avila, Jose Piestan, Jose Garrido and others with the name of San
Nicolas de Titumate and was located to the left margin of the Acandí River but
was constantly flooded and devastated by this river. The inhabitants moved the
village to a nearby safer pleace in 1896.
