History of Herveo

At the end of the century XVIII and early XIX by the fact exist on the northern coast of Colombia a town with the same name Soledad " , the departmental assembly was the need to change its name and by Order 47 of May 2, 1930 The name "Modified Soledad "by" Herveo "which took effect on 20 July of the same year. This determination favored mail delivery to the inhabitants of the region, in the sense that most confusions were not presented by the duality of names. The assembly of Tolima chose the name "Herveo" in honor of a tribe called "The Herves" ú " Ónimes "native to this area and who disappeared during the Spanish conquest, it was a minor tribe of the" Gualíes "belonging to the "Panches "lands were discovered in 1539 by Baltazar Maldonado