History of Zetaquira

fall into a deep valley warm and deadly.Indians arrived there and then called it "Lenguapala" the Spanish conquest it became "Lengupá" which means "chief frontier", at which time the government ended theMuisca Confederation .

The Lengupá served, then, to gather in vegas three indigenous peoples: The Muisca who populated Rondon and reached Zetaquira, the Achaguas that reached Chámezaand Teguas located in Campohermoso . Three people, three languages, three cultures intertwined around a large river that has since become an integral unit symbol.

Spanish Foundation

The first missionaries to reach the territory of what is now Colombia were the priests belonging to the Society of the Dominicans , who are spread around the country taking their message. When they came to evangelize the natives of Ramiriquí , around 1572 , the territory belonged Zetaquira this parish . It then moving to colonize Zetaquira neighborhood which was very small. But there stood a small chapel which was calledOur Lady of the Rosary , the first chapel of the region .

Later this was included in the parish of Lengupá whose center was Berbeo . But still the distance made ​​religious obligations were met with difficulty, not only for priests but also by parishioners. This reason forced the residents of the municipality to present their problems to the church government to which they take into account and there founded a new parish . This was answered affirmatively on September 6, 1745, the date on which it can be said that the municipality is officially founded