Better known as the corn capital of Colombia.
This municipality located southwest of the Colombian territory, was founded on
December 24, 1535 (current municipality of Florence) with the main protagonist
Mr. Miguel Muñoz, Sebastian lieutenant advance Belalcázar and Juan de Palomino
or Ampudia. The plateau of Merchants, was a market exchange between Aboriginal,
Native Bolivar with its main gold product and Arboleda with salt and
agricultural products of hot weather, so it derived its name Merchants
(bartering).
At that time the country was called
