History of Quipile

class="MsoNormal">Following its foundation ie towards 1940 and 1945 the Municipality of Quipile suffers great social tension due to the struggle of political hegemony generating violence between the traditional political parties, Liberals and Conservatives starting in this way a process of decay due to displacement of the inhabitants of the municipal center and giving rise to the emergence of the four police inspections that currently exist.

Surge a slow process of economic activation due to the creation of small soap factories and gas including a process which extends to about 1957 again. The construction of access roads under adverse topographical conditions triggers a commercial recovery.

Within the entire historical legacy embodied in him Municipality Quipile can not ignore, much less to mention facts that frame the past and to corroborate the story and thus our ancestors as well worth keeping sites to keep within this process.

This is the case of the remains of a Megatherium and other fossils found in the year 1956 then trail Limonal Finance Treasury Property of Mr. Anacleto Castañeda (deceased), on the left bank of the Quebrada La Laja, a tributary of the River Curí, this expedition was led by Dr. Hans Burgl (Paleontologist).

According to tentative data is the age of the Mammoth was found at the base of the third terrace, 480,000 years, fractured remains of the Mammoth and Mastodon have the same correlative age, this collection of story is found today in the GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE NATIONAL, Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, accompanied by a document that describes all the details of the expedition.