decreed by
the Church authorities Archbishop of the January 25, 1819, approved by the
Spanish government on 25 February of that year, states: that the government
department that there is no objection to put into effect the said erection and
is rather confirms the willingness of that government by the public benefit
resulting in increasing populations and by the church.Get rid of parish title
from the government department. " The
document was signed on June 18, 1821 by General Francisco de Paula Santander. The parish was annexed to the
sovereign state of Boyacá in 1857. This
town in the province of Ricaurte, was named after the site where it founded the
population. In Togüi indigenous
etymology means "dog house". According
to historian Joaquín Acosta Ortegón author of "The Language Chibcha",
the word expresses to-gui "River of the wife." On January 25, 1819 it adopted its
erection in parish decree is signed by General Francisco de Paula Santander. Founded in 1821, became part of the
Province of Vélez. In 1857
happened to be Togüí jurisdiction of Boyacá Vélez free membership happened to
belong to a sovereign state of Boyaca.
