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Founded date: September 15, 1641

Name of the founder (s):

Historical review:

The founding date of El Tambo corresponds to September 15, 1641, which was verified by paleographic transcription of the documents that rest in the Institute of Historical Investigations "José María Arboleda" dating from the sixteenth century. Sergeant Major JOSEPH FRANCISCO CARREÑO, Governor and Captain General of the province, gathered the Indians to find out about their treatments, the payment, maintenance, quality and extension of the land and the number of people who made up the town and imposed a gift IGNACIO VIRCACHA, husband of the cacica of this town Mrs. MANUELA BETE and MANUEL MAQUIANO, MANUEL ANAYA and SEBASTIAN ACHI, the obligation to live in the town, in rational and Christian life, who thus agreed and made their homes, thus initiating a process of resurgence.

Already in 1890 the law 89 was passed that established the partialities of Chapa, Alto del Rey and La Cuchilla and in 1914 it was elevated to the category of Municipality, by ordinance number 45.





The Municipality of El Tambo is located in the south west of Colombia, in the Department of Cauca; It is the largest municipality in the Department and the fifth nationwide. It has 19 Corregimientos and 226 paths. Our Municipality is also recognized for being multi-ethnic with an Indigenous shelter in the Alto del Rey sector, a “Guarapamba” Cabildo located in the Piagua Corregimiento; In the southern area of ​​the Municipality, the Afro-Colombian population is present, which includes the districts of Cabuyal, Quilcacé, part of the Four Corners Corregimiento and in the mountains are located in the Chisquio and Boots sector.

It has an approximate population of 52,000 inhabitants.



Municipality limits:

The Tambo limits the north with the municipality of López de Micay; to the south with the municipalities of Patía, and Algeria to the east with the municipalities of Morales, Cajibío, Popayán, Timbío and Rosas; to the west with the municipality of Guapi

Total extension: 3280 Km2

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Rural area extension:

Altitude of the municipal capital (meters above sea level): 1750 meters above sea level

Average temperature: Average temperature of 18 º C

Reference distance: 33 km from POPAYAN

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MINING ECONOMY: THE GOLD One of the paths that is most identified with the exploitation of this mineral is the population of Fondas, in which 50% of the population is dedicated to mining and the remaining percentage to agriculture, especially to the production of coffee, cabuya, panela and pine owned by Smurfit Cartón de Colombia. EL CARBON Mining exploitation in the area is artisanal, there are no technical plans for mining progress or geological knowledge of the area, in general, work to disclose old farms under antitechnical conditions is advanced and the way of marketing coal is through PROCARBÓN SA The different mines that exist in the area are: La Honda Mine and El Recuerdo: It is located in the municipality of El Tambo, in the town of Seguengue, El Hoyo: Located north of Piedra Sentada, Guanabanal. It is located in the Guanabanal gorge, east of the town of El Bordo Baraya: Located north of the Baraya hamlet.





Holidays

Feast of the Master Jesus

From the time of the colony the image of El Amo Jesús was venerated, possibly brought from Quito - Ecuador, carved from fine wood.

According to the story he was found in Huisito, in a place called Guinea behind the western mountain range, according to the parish priest Rafael Solarte, in that region a wild tribe dwelt and one day they jumped to the site lit the huts and killed some Christians, those who fled were they took the image and hid it in a jungle cave, while some travelers stayed in that place and listened to some mysterious songs, they gathered and went to observe and such surprise they found the image in perfect condition, from there they brought it The people of Chapa continued to be venerated, but for fear of a new assault they took him to _Piagua and then to El Tambo where they built a straw chapel in the place where the cross was raised. Days passed and an ecclesiastical community ordered him to take it to Popayán and this caused disagreement with those who here in the Tambo revered him, when the freighters took him to take him and a crowd followed him and sang saying:

If you abandon us

Who will we wait for?

Who will we go to?

And who will save us.

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