Constancio Pinto Peque García name could also come from the
word Beké plant cultivated by the Catíos. But according to the Antiochian historian
Dr. Jaime García Sierra, the name corresponds to a variation of the Indian
woman mother of the sons of Don Gaspar de Rodas, Pequese indigenous women, who
have been rumored stayed very beautiful. Perhaps too, says the historian, Peque
would come as a derivation of the name of a chieftain of the region. All
indications so the origin of this name is native Indian.
Subsequent to the date of the previous reviews, which correspond roughly to the
year 1570 or 71, Peque records are lost until 1840, when it was time the
Indians of the region had undergone or exterminated. On this date in 1840 Peque
was already within the jurisdiction of Ituango.
In 1915 Peque acquires municipal category.
In geography there are hidden many endemic species and a wide variety of fauna
and flora.Cuenta with large areas of rain forest in the Natural Paramillo
National Park, which is home to a huge variety of fauna and flora, thus making
it a natural treasure
