History of Piedecuesta

Because of its location in the Eastern Cordillera, Piedecuesta watermaker is a municipality. In the wasteland of Juan Rodríguez (Berlin) rivers rise (cold) Gold , Hato (or Lato), Manco and Umpalá (Aguaclara) and twelve streams . The Gold River and its tributaries is the topic of interest Natural Science Piedecuesta to be a source of drinking water, irrigation, sand extraction and transportation of sewage Township.

Piedecuesta city is divided into neighborhoods , housing developments, residential, residential condominiums and even in semi-urban rural areas, which total 192 territorial divisions. To which are added ten non-legalized or recognized by the Municipal Administration "neighborhoods."

Piedecuesta The name is the result of the abbreviation given to the site, parish and village of "Pie de la Cuesta" in the early nineteenth century by the central government of the Republic of Colombia through its laws, decrees and official communications to be located in case one of its urban factories major state tobacco. After some years used the abbreviation "Piecuesta" with the political-administrative reform of 1825 he was recognized as Piedecuesta villa.

The Spanish colonists Giron and Pamplona gave the name of "Pie de la Cuesta" site located between the rivers of Hato, Cold Gold and Manco to be employed for the night and provision beasts of burden before continuing travelers, carriers and its painful and risky traders transit to Pamplona and the Colombian-Venezuelan Andes through the costs that allowed the rise to moor Juan Rodríguez (now Berlin) along the north bank of the upper reaches of the Golden River, and to ascend through the steep and slippery road which led to Socorro,