The village was on
the banks of river Tamana and moved to Nóvita broken in 1709 by the abundance
of gold . In 1739 was
formed the province of Choco gathering Nóvita holdings, Pretoria and Baudo,
designating a Nóvita as its capital. In 1813 he
declared the absolute independence of Spain . On
May 25 of 1816 Julian Bayer orders of Pablo Morillo , defeat Nóvita and fusila
the patriot Miguel Buch, Governor of the Province of Santa Fe. 1854 he moved to
