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In the book ´´ Monografía de Toledo´´, by Anita Sánchez de Rozo and Rubén Darío Rodríguez, it is said that ´´the primitive settlers descended from the Chitareros, who in turn were descendants of the Chibchas. As a stronghold of the primitive settlers, today there are the Tunebos or U´was, who are located in the area known as Santa Librada, Sararíto, Samoré, El Chuscal and some neighboring regions of Arauca and Boyacá´´.

The conquerors dominated the primitive Indians without much resistance, who, fleeing, had reached these valleys where they were content to provide themselves with food, which essentially consisted of corn, yucca, sweet potato and various wild fruits, they hunted deer and other wild animals whose meat was much appreciated.

Toledo, as a municipality, comes from its neighbor Labateca, from where it was segregated as a parish in 1795.

The existence and foundation of Labateca as an encomienda dates back to 1555 and 1560.





Full Name: Toledo

Foundation: August 19, 1795

Founder: Juan Manuel de Mora y Almeida

Population: DANE 2005 Census: 17,272 inhabitants

Altitude: 1,642 meters above sea level.

Extension: 1492 Km2

Climate: Average 20º C.

Distance to Cúcuta: 117 Km

Geographic coordinates: Longitude west of Greenwich 73º 21´, North latitude 8º 28´

Limits: North: Republic of Venezuela and Herrán municipality,

South: Boyacá Department and Chitagá municipality.

East: Republic of Venezuela,

West: Chinácota, Labateca and Pamplonita.



Administrative divition:

Rivers: Culagá, Chitagá, Culagá, Margua, San Lorenzo, Jordán, Negro, Oeste and the Las Ánimas, Grande and El Pedregal streams.

Region: South East

Economy:

Agricultural production: coffee, sugar cane, citrus, banana, pepper, beans, corn.

Livestock production such as cattle, horses, pigs and poultry.

Oil royalties.





Holidays:

February 10 to 20, Santo Cristo, patron saint and Our Lady of Sorrows

February 13 to 16, Departmental Reign of Livestock

Taurine fair

Tourist sites:

Chapel of the Holy Christ

Parish church

El Tamá National Natural Park

Bullring, Los pinos Recreational Center

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