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History of San Juan de Betulia


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leading from San Jose to San Luis pool of Since and linking of the town of San Benito Abad to the Municipality of San Pedro. Here farmers in the region with a variety of products, which is why it became popular expression "TAKE OUT BOXES" met so mentioning the crossroads to the act of calling this site "OUT BOX ". At that time the crossing n became a place of much trade and that was when the brothers and Manuel Gil Macareno decided to move there with their families and give rise to the People of OUTSIDE BOX in the year 1745 there surnames Besides hedges information that in the place other families with different surnames such as existed: Acosta Meza, Ortega, Vergara, Jaraba, Torres. And with the Thousand Days War, the population increased by the arrival of families seeking shelter. Carmelo Percy Priest and educator Pacha Vergara González take the initiative to change the name to the village of "cash out" by "BETULIA" was so the project name change was submitted to the honorable City Council of the Municipality of Corozal , who gave him viability by agreement Number 28 1929 and was elevated to the category of village of Corozal. The progressive spirit of the inhabitants of the village of Bethulia did think segregating the Municipality of Corozal. Managing raise the Township of Bethulia to Municipality Category Strengthens with the arrival of Manuel Barrios Ortega, native son of this village, which was providing the military service and organizes a proMunicipio board composed by Mr. Barbo Manuel González, Manuel Barrios, Rafael Vergara, Guillermo Hernandez, Carlos Prada, Armando Tuñon, Juan Barrios, Eugenio Gil and Francisco Gil Aviles, who in late 1956 presented the first draft Ordinance to the Departmental Assembly of Bolívar, a project that that was not approved This situation generated a movement of the population, followed by presenting civil strikes. The pro town board entered into a slumber, even when Congress created the
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