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Segovia is a municipality in Antioquia, founded in 1869. Before
colonists arrived, the Segoviano territory was populated by Tahamíes
and Yamecíes natives. Explorers followed and discovered the mines of
gold in Segovia. From then on many expeditions sought the valuable
metal, which has been mined to the present day. The gold fever
monopolized the attention of all those that arrived.
In 1865 it was built the parish like part of the diocese of Santa Rosa
of Bears. In 1880 Segovia became a district, and in 1885 joined the
Antioquia department.
According to the corporation Viztaz,
of Medellín (the nearest major city), "it is par excellence mining
territory. The gold has been its main one relating from before the
arrival of the Spanish ones and still today its economy and its culture
rotates around the mines. It is a municipality of warm climate where
many cultures converge.
