San Martín de Loba is a village of indigenous origin.This
region was under the rule of Malibúes Indians, whose ruler was the chief Loba.Upon
the arrival of the Spaniards, they gave it the name of the Indian chief
Sebastian and named the site Sebastián de la Plata because of the many riches
found in Indian graves.In 1605 he changed the name
to La Loba.In 1635, Diego Ortiz Nieto,
encomenderos of the Spanish
