History of Pensilvania

sent by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and Alvaro de Mendoza, sent by Marshal Jorge Robledo, who failed in their attempts to colonize this region given the untamed nature that characterized these lands; so, the territory of what is now Pennsylvania was uninhabited for 300 years.

Years later, in 1860, a group of Antioquia merchants, among whom were Isidro Mejia and Manuel Antonio Jaramillo, came from different parts of what at that time was known as Antioch the Great, in search of a shorter route on their way from Salamis to Honda.

They settled in the place now occupied Pennsylvania, known as "the dark jungles of Sonsón" and began a process of colonization of this wasteland, raising grass huts on the site now occupied the main square and populating gradually with the arrival their friends and acquaintances. It was Don Isidro Mejia, who then asked Don Pedro Justo Berrio, President of the Sovereign State of Antioquia, the legal establishment of the township of Pennsylvania, and was also appointed the first inspector Don Isidro.

Pennsylvania then born on 3 February 1866 by a decree in which it was defined limits. As a municipality is known from 18 December 1872 The pensilvenses retain deep Catholic and patriarchal traditions inherited especially the long process of mestizaje, the important influence of Basque culture and other Spanish regions. Today, Pennsylvania is 523 square kilometers of the East Department of Caldas and is located 145 kilometers away from Manila, the capital of the Department.

Its neighbors are Sonsón and Nariño north and northwest; Samaná on the east; Watery, Salamis and Marulanda westward Manzanares and Marquetalia and south and southwest. At a height of 2,100 meters above sea level, has a temperature of