became head of Llano Grande Espinal in the
year 1776 In 1781 the residents of the Village of Upito , because of the
distance between the Llano Grande Espinal, asked Don Antonio Caballero y
Gongora, IX viceroy of New Kingdom of Granada creating your parish to which he
agreed decreeing the construction of the new church on the site called Espinal. This determined the transfer of the Espinal Upito the
April 3, 1783. Priest Francisco Álvarez del Pino was the first pastor of the
new church Espinal from April 3, 1783, a post he held until 1 April 1808.
Espinal was capital of Canton Center and the Department to issue the executive
order of October 27, 1880, when the capital moved to guamo
