History of Puerres

ion of the parish of Puerres, after three centuries to remain a village annexed to Males (act6ual municipality of Córdoba). The creation of the ecclesiastical parish and the establishment of the first urban base was made ​​by Father Gonzales Posada.

In 1853 Ipiales separates Tuquerres province and forms the province of Obando with populations Aldana, Contadero Cordova Cuaspud, Cumbal, Guachucal Gualmatán, Iles, Potosí, and Pupiales Puerres.

Initially Puerres village was the new province, but given that in 1879 Spain was Juan Ramón named interim vice-parish priest and received the progress of the population, the rise of Peruvian bark, indigo and rubber in 1881 through Ordinance No. 3 issued by the municipality of Ipiales definitely Puerres the new district was created, being Males as township later Ordinance No. 39 of 1911 District erected in the township of Males that It disintegrated the Puerres with the corresponding boundary for each municipality.