- Tame, Arauca
Tame is a town and municipality in the
Arauca Department ,Colombia . The municipality has a total area of 5,300 km².History
The region was explored by the German conquistador Jorge de Espira in 1536. There he encountered several Indian tribes from the
Arawak family; Arauca, Caquetio, Lucalia, Girara, Chiricoa, Cuiba, Guahibo and Achagua.Tame was founded by Alonso Pérez de Guzmán on
June 12 ,1628 . He also founded "Espinosa de las Palmas" nearby, for civilian Spaniards. The village was destroyed a few years later by the natives in confrontations in which Pérez de Guzmán and his soldiers were killed by the Girara Indians of Tame in revenge for the slavery treatment.Geography
The municipality of Arauca borders to the north with the municipality of
Fortul , to the northeast with the municipality ofArauquita , to the east with the municipality ofPuerto Rondón , to the south with theCasanare Department and to the west with theBoyacá Department .External links
* [http://www.tame-arauca.gov.co Tame official website]
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