Los Robles La Paz () 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;

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. 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

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sharing the

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mountain range. To the south with the municipality of Codazzi, southwest with the municipality of El Paso, Cesar (sharing the

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as border). To the west with the municipality of

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and to the northwest with the municipality of

. The eastern part of the territory, near the Serranía del Perijá is inhabited by the Yukpa

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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

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. In 1700 Spanish Captain Salvador Felix de Arias was sent to "pacify" the indigenous tribes. Arias founded Los Robles La Paz this same year.

FARC encampment

An encampment for decommissioned FARC fighters was established in 2016 near La Paz as a part of the Colombian peace process.

Notable people

* Einer Viveros (born 1970), former footballer

References

External links

Robles La Paaz official website
{{Coord, 10, 23, N, 73, 10, W, region:CO_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Municipalities of Cesar Department Populated places established in 1700 1700 establishments in the Spanish Empire