Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A LITTLE HISTORY

Floridablanca is part of the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga; the metropolitan area was created through the orderly number 020 on December 15th in 1981 by Santander’s assembly.

*The territory where our town is located was called by a Guane cacique in the pre-hispanic time, it was igual for Bucaramanga and Piedecuest.

*Floridablanca’s aborigines were guanes but they hadn’t an important human settlement there because of the proximity with the triple border where were guanes, yaquiries and chitareros.

*In 1540, Martin Galeano conquered the region and defeat the aborigines, but it purchased a legal life on 7th november in 1817.

*In 1917, Floridablanca received a departmental prize because was the town with the bigest quantity of people who assist at school in relation with Floridablanca’s population.

*In 1932, the town was called Floridablanca; before that it was called Florida.

*In 1954, was created the transport Enterprise and Jose Elias Puyana High School was inaugurate.

*In 1973, the principal park mercury’s illumination was installed and Vicente Azuero High School was created.

*In 1975, the first woman mayor for Floridablanca was elect.

*In 1977 the flag was created.

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