History of Panqueba

The name of this town comes from Juan Panqueba cacique that ruled the principal place of "laches". Panqueba is a pre-conquest people. The village was ruled by Chief Juan Panqueba name. It was founded in 1625 by Hernán Pérez de Quesada in a prehistoric settlement, inhabited by Indians Laches, led by Cacique Panqueba whence the name of the municipality. Parish was erected in 1630. Were trustees of Panqueba, Francisco de Monsalve, Pedro Ruiz and Juan Calderon Herrezuelo Source, it is believed that the first Demarcators population were Mr. Feliciano Infante and Gertrude Mora, who said after 19 separate blocks long and wide streets were its first mayor Don Pedro and Don José María Rubriche Bolívar. Congress at its meetings in 1842 and 1843 amended the Constitution of the Republic and divided the Territory of New Granada in the provinces, cantons and parochial districts. The canton of Cucuy was made ​​up Cocuy (header), hood, Chiscas, Chita, El Espino, Macaws, Güicán Panqueba and Salina