La Campa in 1582 was a small
town with 20 tributaries to encomendero Mario Cana. It was previously known as
"Tecauxinas", back in 1887 it was a village of Gracias. It became a
municipality in 1921. The name of "La Campa" has its origins in an
expression used by old miners; it had to do with searching protection against
the rain
