History
Timoteo Chacón founded the town of Santa Ana in honor of his eldest daughter ANA. Recorded in 1869 is a sale to Timoteo Chacón of the land in the future form of the Municipality Córdoba known today. This sale was granted by General Leopoldo Eugenio Machado (National Delegate of the Government, foreman of General Antonio Guzmán Blanco in 1869), the document does not mention the limits. This detail brought disastrous historical events since the boundaries were later altered and the consequences of fraud led to the murder of José Gregorio Villafane Q. to 1889.
According to information provided by Don Martín León in the year 1955, the sale of the land was for 1,750 pesos and legal limits were as follows:
"from the mouth of the creek Wren in the river Quinimarí, upstream of the creek until an equidistance line could be traced to the sources of the creek Uzateca, Uzateca downstream to its mouth in the river Quinimarí. Quinimarí downstream to find the mouth of the creek La Ratona, starting point ". This information is captured in a Proof of 1878 on the Principal Register of San Cristobal, sales and exchanges, under number 136.The official historian of Santa Ana is José Joaquín Villamizar Molina (born 1930). His works include Santa Ana del Táchira and Santa Ana Ciudad de mis Amores.
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