The town was founded in 1909 by the
construction of the Pacific Railroad Company in a hollow of the Western
Cordillera of the Andes, along the Dagua River. At that time and years immediately following, this city,
and more properly since July 20 of that year, he began his momentum thanks to
the installation of the Railway workshops for the repair and construction of
all types of tools. The land on which it was
founded were sold to the Railway and then were donated
