Chimichagua is a city and municipality in the central region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. Approximately one third of the municipality of Chimichagua is water. The municipality seat lies by the Cienaga de Zapatosa marshes.
Chimichagua was the name of Chimila Cacique that inhabited the area at the time of the Spanish conquest. Chimichagua is the name of a Muiscas deity. Muiscas and Chimilas pertain to the same linguistic family; the Chibch...
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Chimichagua is a city and municipality in the central region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. Approximately one third of the municipality of Chimichagua is water. The municipality seat lies by the Cienaga de Zapatosa marshes.
Chimichagua was the name of Chimila Cacique that inhabited the area at the time of the Spanish conquest. Chimichagua is the name of a Muiscas deity. Muiscas and Chimilas pertain to the same linguistic family; the Chibchas.
The territory of the municipality of Chimichagua was inhabited by the indigenous group known as the Chimilas who at the time of the Spanish arrival were established in most of the Cesar River basin and its valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serrania del Perija mountain ranges and bordering the Magdalena River.
Chimichagua was founded by Jose Fernando de Mier y Guerra on December 8, 1748 accompanied by Sebastian de Eslava who was in representation of the Viceroy. The village was first named Nuestra Señora de la Purísima...
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