History of Yopal

ernment of El Morro, especially seals and ballots or authorizations related to the cattle business, an act which was intended to push a decision for administrative Yopal to be erected as municipal seat. Additionally sought not suffer the cattle moving to El Morro to formalize officialism sales and moving animals to other regions of the country  . As a result, the civic movement won a large and organized resistance led by Don Luis Antonio Izquierdo who was the mayor of El Morro, accompanied by important people of the time as Ramon Becerra, Arturo Jimenez, Juan de la Rosa Sierra, Rudecindo Fonseca and others.

Without greater choice and at the futility of his efforts, initiated before the assembly yopaleños of Boyacá litigation, hiring lawyers and representatives to Fernando Reina and Sergio Reyes Moreno  . Things are facilitated because the time had telephone service between Sogamoso and several towns of Casanare .

Not until the year 1942 and after a long dispute, the Departmental Assembly of Boyacá litigated in favor of the claims of the inhabitants of the village of Yopal, and this is how the ordinance through July 38th 8 that year, which stands at Yopal as municipal seat, and El Morro is degraded township. It was very valuable in that process Yopal intervention jurist Quiñones boyacense Neira  .

In 1973 the President of the Republic, Misael Pastrana Borrero , rises as Quartermaster and Yopal Casanare as capital intendant decoupling administration to Casanare department of Boyaca.

For the July 4, 1991 Casanare is elevated to department, under the ordinance of the Constitution of that year that actually eliminated the special category of