History of Coyaima

between the indigenous peoples and pijaos Coyaimas, use them to your advantage as allies. In 1608 he founded an Indian village, which was called "Our Lady of Mount Carmel Coyaima" after the defeat of the pijaos, still a major market for the products of the cold earth of the mountains, and warm weather Magdalena Valley.

The Barnabas licensed Saavedra, prosecutor of the Audiencia, formalized the date of the founding of the town March 29, 1621. However, the first of August 1778 with Aboriginal leadership and civilized, Dominic Pinto, José and Juan Sánchez Capera The village was moved and rebuilt to its original name in the margin of Saldaña River, where it is today.

The population had its season end development that took the September 10, 1857, it was completely destroyed by a raging fire which killed the priest Manuel Antonio Suarez. The Legislature of Tolima Coyaima elevated to a municipality, the 21 February 1863