Los Robles La Paz () or simply La Paz is a municipality and a town in the

Department of Cesar Caesar Department ( es, Departamento del Cesar, links=no) or simply Caesar () is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with ...

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. The town is close to the Capital city of the

;

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. T ...

. The municipality of La Paz borders to the north with

La Guajira Department La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departm ...

, to the northeast with the municipality of Manaure. To the east with the

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sharing the

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mountain range. To the south with the municipality of Codazzi, southwest with the municipality of

El Paso, Cesar El Paso is a municipality in the Cesar Department of Colombia. El Paso is mostly known for having the second largest coal mine in Colombia, located in the corregimiento of La Loma. Etymology El Paso means "The Path" in the Spanish language. The ...

(sharing the

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as border). To the west with the municipality of

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and to the northwest with the municipality of

. The eastern part of the territory, near the Serranía del Perijá is inhabited by the

Yukpa Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles La Pa ...

indigenous people Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

History

The first inhabitants of what is present-day the municipality of Los Robles La Paz were the indigenous peoples known as Chimila, which populated the plains of the valley of the Cesar River. On the

mountains the

Yukpas Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles La P ...

were also part of the Chimila confederation of tribes. The Spanish arrived in the area in 1531 but the region of Los Robles La Paz remained dominated by the Chimila. In 1700 Spanish Captain

Salvador Felix de Arias Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

was sent to "pacify" the indigenous tribes. Arias founded Los Robles La Paz this same year.

FARC encampment

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for decommissioned

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fighters was established in 2016 near La Paz as a part of the

Colombian peace process The Colombian peace process is the peace process between the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) to bring an end to the Colombian conflict, which eventually led to t ...

Notable people

Einer Viveros Einer Viveros Torres (born 31 December 1970) is a former Colombian football player. Club career Viveros began and spent most of his career with Unión Magdalena. He also played for Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo ...

(born 1970), former footballer

References

External links

Robles La Paaz official website
{{Coord, 10, 23, N, 73, 10, W, region:CO_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Municipalities of Cesar Department Populated places established in 1700 1700 establishments in the Spanish Empire