---

According to historian Jorge Meléndez, one of the most studious of regional issues in the department, ´´ the creation of the town of La Palma (today Hacarí) was due to a process of eviction of the indigenous population carried out in an anarchic and individual way´´.

The rebellious Indians were called Motilones and after a fight without quarter they were marginalized like those of the Zulia River.

The area vacated by the natives received colonists enthusiastic about the cultivation of cocoa in the eighteenth century, in the second part. Owners such as Simón Jácome received three caballerias in the eastern part of the Borra River, in the Lucutama stream; other growers or invaders were Ignacio Acosta, Juan Álvarez, Diego Álvarez, Gregorio Pantaleón, Juan Bautista Garay, Bartolomé Araque, Pedro Sánchez Osorio and Ignacio Garay.

The reference points in the land measurements were the hill called Mesa Rica and the indigenous town of Aspasica; They were titled based on the legislation of Célula de San Idelfonso on August 2, 1780.





Full Name: Hacarí

Foundation: August 2, 1780

Founder: Isidro Garay

Population: DANE 2005 Census: 10,121 inhabitants.

Altitude: 1,050 meters above sea level

Area: 410 Km2

Climate: 23ºC.

Distance to Cúcuta: 266 Km

Geographic coordinates: Longitude west of Greenwich 73º 08´, North Latitude 8º 20´

Limits: North: San Calixto

South: La Playa and Ábrego

East: Sardinata

West: The Beach and San Calixto



Administrative Division: Composed of 7 townships and 54 villages

Rivers: El Borra, El Tarra and San Miguel and some streams such as Agua Blanca, El Molino, La Horqueta, Los Angeles

Western region

Economy:

Agricultural production in lines such as cassava, coffee, cocoa, corn, tomato, beans, onion, sugar cane and banana.

Livestock production such as cattle and poultry.





Holidays:

August 7: San Cayetano, Patron

December 27 to 29: Encounters of Colonies

Tourist sites:

Mesa Rica Caves

Quebrada los Angeles,

Borra river banks

La Chorrera

El Llano path

Quebrada el Molino

---