The region now corresponds to
Durania, was occupied at the time of the colony by the tribe of the Oporomas,
which apparently was the result of interbreeding between cultures Kaib - Cibca. Fernando Valencia Caicedo, considered one of the
scholars of the village gathered in one of his texts: "The Bishop of Santa
Marta, Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita, referring to the explorations of
municipal land that made the founders of Pamplona, says by this time had once
again revived in the new kingdom noisy news