bamboo called "quinchos". In 1572 Franciscan
friars founded the convent Anserma, under his tutelage I remain the doctrine of
St. Nicholas of Quinchia, around which the village of Quinchia vegetate Viejo.
At the time of independence the village of Quinchia depended Anserma old parish
district, which belonged to both the providence of Popayan. It has 81 trails
and four townships, Township of Irra is on the Rio Cauca, hence sand, ballast,
alluvial gold is extracted, and has lakes for fishing, the township of Orange
grove, there are banana crops is sent to Medellin, and cassava for rayanderÃas
where large amount of starch is extracted, the villages of Santa Elena and
Batero characterized by crops of sugarcane. The urban area is located at the
foot of Cerro Gobia and has 12 neighborhoods
