Los Robles La Paz () or simply La Paz is a municipality and a town in the
Department of Cesar
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,
Colombia
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. The town is close to the Capital city of the
Department of Cesar
Caesar Department ( es, Departamento del Cesar, links=no) or simply Caesar () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Caribbean region, bordering to the north ...
;
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''. ...
. The municipality of La Paz borders to the north with
La Guajira Department
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, to the northeast with the municipality of
Manaure. To the east with the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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sharing the
Serranía del Perijá
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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
Magdalena River
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as border). To the west with the municipality of
San Diego
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and to the northwest with the municipality of
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''. ...
.
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
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.
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
Serranía del Perijá
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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 Paz ...
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
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** ''Salvador'' ( ...
was sent to "pacify" the indigenous tribes. Arias founded Los Robles La Paz this same year.
FARC encampment
An
encampment
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for decommissioned
FARC
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fighters was established in 2016 near La Paz as a part of the
Colombian peace process
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.
Notable people
*
Einer Viveros
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Club career
Viveros began and spent most of his career with Unión Magdalena. He also played for Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Pasto, where he participated in ...
(born 1970), former footballer
References
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External links
Robles La Paaz official website
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Municipalities of Cesar Department
Populated places established in 1700
1700 establishments in the Spanish Empire