IQUIRA: OUR BEAUTIFUL PARADISE.

IQUIRA According to Vargas Motta, means "HIGH MOUNTS" dial in the mounts of this site had the Indians Paeces their vigilantes sentinels to avoid enemy surprises.
However that may be, Iquira in the plural was the denominative of the tribe who owned the land and hence the Iquira in the singular of the historic name.

The Iquiras Indians were more or less peaceful civilized and very hardworking. As a people already civilized, it can be said that it was born in 1648, and in 1656 according to historical notes of Father Jenaro Díaz Iquira was founded by Don Francisco Martinez de Ospina who gives the name of San Francisco de Iquira to a town raised in what currently Is known by the name of Callejón, exactly are the territories of the Fincas El Carmen, La Mestiza, San Mateo and supported by his son Don Diego de Ospina, according to reference of Flórez de Ocariz.

Therefore, the year of its foundation corresponds to 12 of December of 1649. Possibly on the occasion of its official foundation in 1656, was when Principio to function like civil entity. It is not known what kind and category would be its first employees and authorities.

By: Yessica Marcela Flor Diaz. 1002