It was founded by Fernando Mier y Guerra on April
12, 1750, his number gave it in honour of its founder Marquis Cove and Minister
of the Spanish Court Somoderilla Zeno. It was established
Municipality on April 13, 1904 by Act 92 of the Congress of the Republic, he
was segregated from Santa Ana Department Mompós and the same year his Creation
and returned to the Department of Magdalena in 1908 with the fall of President
Rafael Reyes
