Barbacoas (CO)

Barbacoas is a town and municipality (38,708 inhabitants in 2016) in Nariño Department, Colombia. The urban centre of Barbacoas is located at an altitude of 36 m and the municipality borders Magüí Payán in the north, Magüí Payán, Cumbitara, Los Andes, La Llanada, Samaniego and Ricaurte in the east, Ricaurte and Ecuador in the south and Tumaco and Roberto Payán in the west. In the times before the Spanish conquest, Barbacoas was inhabited by the Barbacoa, Telembí and Iscuande tribes. Already in those ages, the town was an important source of gold for the indigenous people.

Modern Barbacoas was founded in 1600 by Francisco de Praga y Zuniga.

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20th century

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19th century

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Pen cancel on the 1883 issue.

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