History of Garagoa

, is extracted from the common trade and highways, and mild temperament produces fruits of the hot sugar cane, banana, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, and chickpeas much anise, have up to 100 Indians and 200 neighbors who call themselves white. His administration rather laborious, being bent with mountainous land, especially a big one they call Garagoa and runs to the plains of Casanare Santiago. "

Between 1777 ordered the total sale Garagoa guard. The inhabitants of the municipality joined the movement of the villagers of 1781people left this town led by Captain Roque knob towards Zipaquirá , to get to the orders of the commanding general of the uprising Juan Francisco Berbeo . The mayor Manuel Pino del Pozo and markets granted in the year 1805 , for Guateque Garagoa on Wednesday and on Sunday. The parish was erected on August 3, 1808 with the approval of the viceroy Antonio Amar y Borbón and Archbishop Fray Juan de los Barrios, being its first pastor Juan Ignacio Mejia de la Zerda.

On 5 October 1809 Municipality acquires the status of being its first mayor Matthew Castaneda successive mayors were appointed by the governor of the department