History of Encino

After many inquiries conducted by José Tomás López, Luis Francisco Sánchez and Gabriel de León, along with several parishioners from February 1785 requested the establishment of a parish church with the vicar vicar general and governor of the Archdiocese of Santa fe Jose Ivoire and Carrion was only until 13 October 1802 when the viceroy Pedro de Mendinueta in his capacity as vice-patron of Church in the New Kingdom of Granada reported by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe when I ordered the title fight Encinito Parish.

Defined as the most suitable site for the construction of the new parish was Encinito and bearing in mind the demarcation made ​​by the inspector Felipe Salgar the March 25, 1772 as follows: ".. being understood in her sites, lawn and neighbors Poima, Piedra Gorda, Cabuya of Guacha, Tumbita, Rio black, ladybug and Encinitos, however the opposition from neighbors of the latter sites, reaching its boundary for the part that goes for Charalá up the creek Mud, ceded by the priest of this parish and not to the bank Peñuela With all the closeness to also get Church and in order for erection of parishes ... are done. "

Produced independence New Granada The new Republican administration parishes became parochial districts, preserving its judicial tradition of the territory. During the nineteenth century, parish districts repeatedly changed its allegiance to cantons and provinces, while retaining its tradition of territorial demarcation. The Constitution 1886 equaled all settlements to the status of municipalities, so that in 1887 the governor of Santander, Alejandro Peña Solano, applied the constitution regarding the territorial political system by the simple expedient of declaring Towns all