History of Pueblo Rico

Indians , and their dialect "Tatamá" would mean "the land or the highest stone"; while other researchers say the name comes from the indigenous Choco Caribbean influence and then "Tatamá" mean "grandfather of the rivers." But, his name alone is enough legacy of those natives who for centuries inhabited the slopes and left us his story buried in the silence of rainforests waiting to be rescued from oblivion and put up his name, his courage and his pride therefore accept the submission before the invaders chose to leave the land of his ancestors, his sanctuary, his hill Tatamá .

Communities present in the

The region is currently populated by Black communities , and Indigenous Embera Chami Pacific Center (Cuenca del Río San Juan ) and Mestizos in the coffee ( Cauca River ). According to the sociocultural characteristics of the inhabitants, there are marked differences between the two flanks of the Cordillera Occidental , regarding the management and use of natural resources.

In the basin of the San Juan River (western side of the mountain), where the black and indigenous population predominates, is characterized by having based systems horticulture and shifting cultivation , harvesting and hunting , establishing practices appropriate use for jungle areas. In the basin of the Cauca River (eastern side of the Cordillera) prevails the mestizo population, production systems are typical of the Coffee Region (Departments of Caldas , Quindio , Risaralda and North of the Valle del Cauca ).