History of Puerto Nare

Puerto Nare, in years prior to 1400 , it was inhabited by these Indians Tahamíes . Already in 1842 it belonged to the province of Mariquita , and in 1856 became part of the Sovereign State of Antioquia . In 1872 it began a process of decline as a center commercial and fluvial , what caused the downward passage of District township of the municipality of Puerto Berrio . It was thus become Puerto Berrio, supplanting Puerto Nare, the most important for integration with the hinterland through the waterway of the river port Magdalena River and the subsequent construction of the Ferrocarril de Antioquia .

The municipality had become yet for these times in a cellar passage Naré roads, Meetings and Islitas. This condition nevertheless reinforce their essential character port.

The economy of the central district at this time had everything to do with navigation , construction of railway and leñateo . Navigation and construction led to a migration into the region from across the country: Santander , Boyacá , Cundinamarca , Costa Atlantica and Antioquia , (particularly in the Northeast areas Aburrá Valley and eastern Antioquia ).

But the alleged decline of Puerto Nare was never complete. Then find large deposits in their territory limestone and marble , which gave the district the opportunity to emerge as one of the main centers industrial region of Magdalena Medio Antioquia, to the point that in November 1967 the Departmental Assembly of Antioquia would confer again the district municipality category, the name of La Magdalena.

Subsequently, the findings of gold