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Antonio de la Torre y Miranda commissioned by the Governor of Cartagena, Francisco Díaz Pimienta, to meet the inhabitants scattered throughout the region in order to give symmetry and order to the population, obtaining the name of (Site) that has been mediated in the past when I received a category of (Villa), belonging to the order of Alonso Padilla in 1610. Corrección was erected in 1776 and in the provincial capital in 1897.

In October 1908 the Department of Sincelejo was created, one of the 34 that at that time created President Rafael Reyes. It is the most important and memorable background, due to the economy and culture of Sabanas, the region where the current department is located. It was suppressed on April 15, 1910 despite the enormous effort made by the inhabitants of all the Savannas, which was generally achieved with their autonomy in the development of their lives, going from 12 schools to 38, the first Normal and a agrarian university project. The artisans managed to get the education they needed, the manager, José Torralbo, created a school for them. The reintegration of the old Bolívar represents the destruction of the burgeoning distillation industry that used to be the engine of the zonal economy there.

In 1917 I used car primer. In 1940, the first Scadta plane landed at Corozal airport. During the 1950s and 1960s, they used Willis and Volkswagen jeeps, imported by Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. I also took the first buses with metal bodies.

In 1963, the second Assembly of Municipalities met, where the adherence to Sucre was reaffirmed by all the delegates. The organization made visits to some municipalities, finding in all its inhabitants a great enthusiasm for the separatist cause and their full support.

On July 28, 1966, the draft Law on the creation of the Department of Sucre was debated in the Senate of the Republic. The law does not approve Law 47 in the Senate of the Republic, since it is created and organized by the Department of Sucre, and Law 47, sanctioned by the President of the Republic, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, its Minister of Government. .

The first governor was Julio Alejandro Hernández Salom.





I am the capital of the department of Sucre, Colombia. It is located in the northwest of the country, on the Colombian Caribbean coast. The name Sincelejo comes from the chief Chisel, who dominated a fiscal settlement in the area where Sincelejo Puebla is located, according to several documents in the General Archive of the Nation (AGN) in Bogotá. There are attractions such as La Capital de la Sabana, because it is surrounded by this geographical feature; They also call you ´´Reina y Señora de la sabana ”. I am an important agricultural and livestock center in northern Colombia.



I am 987 km from Bogotá, 459 km from Medellín, 140 km from Montería, 220 km from Barranquilla, 180 km from Cartagena and 40 km from Tolú.

I was sent by aboriginal tribes, commanded by Chief Sincel, from whom I derived the name of the town.

Some versions affirm that the city was founded on October 4, 1535 by the Spanish Francisco de Sincelejo. Then it was called San Francisco de Asís de Sincelejo.

The indistinctly called ´´reina y senora de la sabana´´ and ´´capital Cebuista de Colombia´´, famous for having been the governor general of the so-called Revolution of the Priests, was until 1980 the site of one of the most popular events . Traditional in Colombia, whose origins date back to October 1845, when in honor of the patron saint of the sincere town, San Francisco de Asís, the first festival was held in Corraleja, which was transferred to January 20, Dulce Nombre de Nombre de Jesús. .

The City of Sincelejo is located in the northwest of the country at 9º18 north latitude, 75º 23 ”latitude west of the Greenwich meridian. It has a total area of ​​28,134 ha, with a height above sea level of 213 meters above sea level and borders the municipality of Sampost and the department of Córdoba; to the west with the municipalities of Palmito and Tolú; to the north with the municipalities of Tolú and Tolú Viejo and to the north with the municipalities of Corozal and Morroa.

Territory.

The urban area of ​​the municipality occupies a total of 1,892.64 ha with an urban perimeter of a total length of 32.39 km., And the rural area has 25,953 ha, for a total of 27,845 ha between urban and rural.

Weather

The average annual temperature is around 27.15 ° C, with a minimum temperature of 19.7 ° C and a maximum temperature of 35.3 ° C. If a higher range is appreciated, during the summer, where there are marked effects caused by the low temperatures of the early morning and the hot hours of the afternoon. With the flow of the current it stabilizes, with less variation and a slight general decrease due to the increase in relative humidity.

The main economic activities of the municipality of Sincelejo are centered on the regional economy and have a permanent connection with the national market and the surrounding livestock, commercial and agricultural industry. Due to the excellent quality of its high-quality vaccine, Sincelejo has been called the “Cebu Capital of Colombia”; with a magnificent breed, breeding and breeding of animals with excellent consumption conditions in regional markets; Dairy, to a lesser extent, is also important within the first of the municipality's economic lines.

Commerce, very recurrent in its history, has become a dominant activity and has now become a nucleus of regional economic activity. The main chain stores have headquarters strategically located in places to accommodate buyers from 7 neighboring municipalities, which constitutes the most important historical and economic event of the last 40 years. Services, especially government services, as it is the administrative capital of the department of Sucre, are key as a complement to the primary activities of the agricultural and commercial sector. Agriculture, based on small production, has the virtue of introducing low-cost foods for popular use, even in comparison with livestock and trade, it is only a secondary economic activity, the production of corn, cassava, yams and banana. .

The industry that only empires to awaken in the city, with some factors of food, clothing, footwear and especially wood processing; The great micro-entrepreneurial vocation of the municipality stands out, which adapts to the municipality's most promising future prospects in the short and medium term.

In summary, Sincelejo's economy is based on commerce and the supply of banking services, warehouses, clinics, restaurants, service stations, mobile and mobile telecommunications, land and air transportation, cars, workshops. According to the latest census of Industry and Commerce, there are about 3,000 establishments of all kinds that operate in the capital.









Within the framework of the 20 years party, currently considered Cultural Heritage of the Nation, the famous Fiesta took place in Corraleja. In these festivals, similar to the log races, the crowd meets the music, especially the porcelain framed in the Festival of Bands, but which keeps them alive, capoteos, sunshades, Creole banderilleros, coming from neighboring subregions, if they dedicate themselves to ´´mantear´´ and turn the Creole trunks in an improvised way.

In these festivities various folkloric activities are carried out such as: parades, parades and reigns, for example of the World Maja. There is also the meeting of national bands, the accordion festival and the most famous festivals, for example:

Corraleja Festivities, January 20.

Galistic festival.

Cattle market.

Orchestral Festival.

National Meeting of Bands (traditional music).

Sincelejo Agricultural Exhibition Fair.

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