was a ranch where they settled. On this site they parted
living spaces for the wives, daughters and children of prisoners while working
on the construction of the road" in 1955, reaching the Rabbit, Mr. Segundo
Ignacio Gualmatán and moved to El Achiote. The houses were some bamboo game,
other chonta or table and thatched roofs, cardboard or zinc ".Of Thus, the
colonization of El Achiote is started, and the foundation of Puerto Caicedo is
outlined. During the construction of the road, the town of El Achiote increased
its population, and when they began to enter cars arrived people from Nariño
and Cauca mainly, some displaced by violence and others in search of land to
farm. Everyone who entered this time looked that the land was suitable for the
construction of the village, they had a meeting, formed a board, wrote a
memorial requesting land to build houses, requested the street layout and
division of lots to the commissioner. progress continued and between Mr. Luis
Del Castillo, Octavian Jaramillo, Portilla and Luis Mora Antonio Bastidas took
the name of Puerto Caicedo camp for the name of the people, considering two
reasons: considered as a port on the Putumayo River and in recognition of the
engineer Eustolgio Caicedo Gomez who directed the construction of the road came
to this town. A board established the village Community Action was formed to
ensure the progress of the region who sought to bring this city inspection,
objective achieved by Decree 038 of 1959 on the 12th day of March, during the
administration of Dr. Jose commissioner Felix Guerrero. And so it was legalized
the name of Puerto Caicedo. This new name tube phase transition. In 1992,
Puerto Caicedo rose to the municipality by ordinance No. 12 of November 24,
during the administration of Dr. Salvador Lasso
