History of Santa Rosa del Sur

For the year 1982 a group of enterprising leaders, headed by Mr. Rudecindo Ariza, Antonio Burgos and Congresswoman Mrs. Otilia Assembly Pardo Ariza began to forge the idea and create the new municipality independent Simiti Township. Accompanying this idea Mr. Camilo Galvis, Cosme Tarazona, Celiano Diaz, Luis Rivera, Martin Rivera, Dioselina Cruz, Mendoza and Maria Antonia Pro township committee were created and the first steps began to crystallize the project.

Given the lack of resources to travel to Cartagena and the inherent costs of different activities such as stationary bazaars, raffles and farm owners were giving their contributions cattle, chickens and cash to support the cause were made. But in addition to the economic difficulties the pro township committee had its detractors and enemies who were against the project including the then mayor of Napoleon Simiti Barba Lopez and some friends from this village of Santa Rosa. Overcome the economic difficulties began to process the creation of the new town filled with memorials signatures of the people who agreed and asked the then Governor of Doctor Arturo Figueroa Matzon support for handling the legal side, the Governor requested the University of Cartagena send a commission to take charge of advancing the Socio economic