History of El Zulia

A son of Cacique Mara, guajiro yet adopted son of the cacique Cúcuta, ran to call a large number of brave warriors coming to have two thousand men ready for combat on land Salazareñas, where Captain Diego de Montes was . It gave him battle, he defeated and killed the captain caused the death of the chief cinera.

Municipality

The town was erected Zulia Norte de Santander on December 1 of 1960 under Ordinance of the Assembly of the Department of Norte de Santander. Its first mayor was the lawyer Luis Antonio Caceres, appointed by the governor at the time, Carlos Vera Villamizar . In the 1960s , the Norte de Santander leader Virgilio Barco promoted from the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Works building roads that improved their communication and Irrigation District, which has favored the cultivation of rice and cane, so important in the economy regional featuring resources such as water and coal.