Los Robles La Paz
Colombian municipality of the department of Cesar
Los Robles La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈroβles la pas]) or simply La Paz is a municipality and a town in the Department of Cesar, Colombia. The town is close to the Capital city of the Department of Cesar; Valledupar. The municipality of La Paz borders to the north with La Guajira Department, to the northeast with the municipality of Manaure. To the east with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela sharing the Serranía del Perijá mountain range. To the south with the municipality of Codazzi, southwest with the municipality of El Paso, Cesar (sharing the Magdalena River as border). To the west with the municipality of San Diego and to the northwest with the municipality of Valledupar.
The eastern part of the territory, near the Serranía del Perijá is inhabited by the Yukpa indigenous people.
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 mountains the Yukpas 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.
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