Founded in September 1821 by Francisco de Paula Santander,
became part of the province of Vélez (Santander) until 1875, when it became a
member of the Sovereign State of Boyacá. The
book "Monographs of the peoples of Boyacá" historian Ramón C.Correa
noted that "according to the decree establishing the record seen acting to
erect a new parish in Togüí site, and Vélez jurisdiction resulting from it,
which is compulsory and necessary that erection and as such it was
