[2] Founded in 1959 by Francisco Jaramillo, Pedro Martínez and Leonardo Villa, among others.

This Municipality was in its beginnings a Palenque for black fugitives from slavery.

The initial hamlet was called Sopinga and then Nigricia in the mid-19th century.

On November 27, 1959, La Virginia was declared a municipality, since it previously belonged to Belalcazar, Caldas.

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