It was erected as a municipality on
November 29, 1965, by Ordinance No. 063 in the place where today is located the
county seat, ending the decade of the forties, there was a winery that allowed
the marketing of animal skins, especially tiger and alligator, which were sold
to German companies. The intermediary work was exercised by Carlos Merchan, who
made monthly forays into places to collect. The winery was located on the
left bank of the Ariari River and was owned by the Saenz family reason
determined that the site began to be called Puerto Saenz nomination that lasted
until 1958, when it was changed to
