In pre-Columbian times the territory now occupied
Niquinohomo was a transit region of tribes coming from south to north, as theChibcha , Talamanca , guatusos ,
and other crossing from north to south, as the Aztecs , Zutuhil and Carib . The
etymology of the name leads to believe that the people here were seated warrior
and rebel. Many of the warriors under the command of the chief and
Diriangén indigenous leader, along with along with Nequecheri caciques,
Granada, and Diriangén of Diriamba fought Gil Gonzalez Davila in 1522 would
