Pore is a town and municipality in the

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of Casanare,

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. Pore, which played a vital role during the

independence movement Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

, was the 18th town to be declared a '' Pueblo Patrimonio de Colombia'' (Heritage Town of Colombia) on March 1, 2021. It is the first municipality east of the

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to be inducted into the ''Pueblo Patrimonio'' network.

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Municipalities of Casanare Department {{Casanare-geo-stub