History of Pauna

natural population.

In 1763 the priest historian Dr. Basilio Vicente Oviedo published a book entitled "Qualities and riches of the New Kingdom of Granada", which listed the following:

"Pauna Large: the parish of Pauna Grande north of Muzo, was the religion of San Francisco and do not know if it's been the clerencía. His warm temperament produces those fruits in cotton, rice, sugar cane, etc. 50 Indians will have more than 100 neighbors and aggregates; church without competent straw ornaments; his labored so that the bad roads, mountains, bogs administration. It will lease your pastor this parish just over 500 pesos in the genres of the earth, thread, canvas and sweets, which reduced, will be just over 400 pesos, and place in the fourth row. Do not Regulate Mr. Camacho for being regular "

It was founded in the seventeenth century in the site named by Captain Pedro Topogrande Boatmen. In the year 1776 stands as a share of the parish Archbishop of Santa Fe, and Don Agustin Alvarado Castillo. Subsequently governorate Velez moved header Parish district Cañipa site. Until the year 1842 is given legal life to the Municipality.