At the time of the Spanish conquest of the
territory was inhabited by muzos group native belonging to the family caribbean
, who were defeated after a long struggle in 1559 by the Spanish conquistador
Luis Boatmen who had been defeated in 1538 The government of Colombia by Law 10
of 1883 and 68 1890, gave the department the right of 100 000 hectares of
vacant land in the Territory Vásquez , initiating colonization of the current
territory of the municipality. In 1932, the government of Boyacá requested the
Ministry of Finance to grant additional 35,076 acres adjacent to the previously
granted, a
