History of Ariguani

Under pressure from the new settlers of this once indigenous territory, native moved further north (now Municipality of San Angelo Sheets). However, the European immigrants of Italian origin who arrived in the 1930s , at the beginning of the Second World War and the families of those who were arriving later acquired large tracts of land, using native labor which led to a break cultural and subjection Chimila that decimated the population. Today their culture is severed but not finished.

A retrospect of the last century shows the different waves of settlers of this territory, particularly The Hard. Before 1945, the wealth of this mulberry land was exploited by bolivia area Carmen de Bolivar and San Juan Nepomuceno, who, through the Magdalena River, which traded with Barranquilla. With oil exploration that began in 1945, Antioquia and santandereanos workers who contributed to our customs and traditions cultural elements still preserved arrived. When the oil boom many of these operators are definitely stayed in the area is completed.

The country is shaken again in 1948 with the death of liberal leader Jorge Gaitan, sparking violence that continues and that has forced forced displacement in areas hit by violence. These displaced needed to find isolated areas of