History of Polonuevo

The July 16, 1758, in colonial times, neighbors Polonuevo site, won the auction of the "royal lands", the domain of airspace, soil and subsoil of 8,000 hectares. Polonuevo township was erected for the first time in the year 1844, corresponding to Don Felipe Pedroza, serving as the first mayor and initiate municipal population history. Until that time, neighbors had to pay taxes Polonuevo (leases) for their land to the Municipal Treasury Baranoa.

These taxes, more burdensome every day, causing discomfort to polonueveros, so that villagers took these resources for public education, as a consideration. Township Baranoa decided, then, that the tributes of Polonuevo to stay right there as a contribution to education, and gave permission to Dr. Martin Polo to give validity to the fragments of the minutes of kick the year 1758.

This was brought to the Court of Cartagena, capital of the Sovereign State of Bolívar, who ruled in favor of the residents of Polonuevo. These events precipitated the separation in 1844 of the village of Polonuevo Baranoa Township.

A few years later, was again Polonuevo village of Baranoa. His disgruntled villagers continued the struggle of separation, and in 1867 won the title for the second time of the Municipality, and was appointed as Deputy Mayor Don Cecilio Onoro.

For once again returned to their quality Polonuevo Baranoa township, but in 1912, by Ordinance 17 of that year, regained its municipality, and was named its third mayor in the person of Don