begins with the Indians, which the
missionaries termed "evangelization", the process of population
suffer during this period a marked stagnation. During the period of violence
that rocked the country, an immigration process started towards this sector,
from different regions of the country, reason for the current cultural mix of
the municipality. Mr. Carlos Rojas Pinilla who traveled frequently for timber
and as the owner of the farm "San Cayetano" saw the possibility of
creating a village and the land was fertile and productive, and therefore
proposed to Colonel Luis Carlos Turriago who was head civil and military of the
eastern plains they founded a village on the banks of river Guamal, the
proposal was accepted in 1954 when the village of San Carlos de Guaroa was
founded. The town takes its name from one party to be located outside the river
Guamal and references to General Luis Carlos Turriago. Its first mayor was Mr.
Pepe Caballero, who arrived when it had not yet built any housing. San Carlos
de Guaroa began in municipal life on August 20, 1961, being created as such by
Ordinance 12 July 7, 1961. The township was founded under the auspices of
General Luis Carlos Turriago the request of Carlos Diaz Pinilla and with the
participation of Mr. Victor Canas, Jose Conde, Angel Del Vasto, Gonzalo
Gutierrez and Carlos Pinilla. Its first mayor was Mr. Leonidas Prada Caicedo
and from 1973 the Agrarian Fund was established. The first Mayor by popular
vote was Mr. Carlos Eduardo Diaz
