Guayabal (Tolima)

Guayabal is the municipal seat of the municipality of Armero in the department of Tolima in Colombia, located at 352 m s. no. m.. It has an average temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. Distant from the city of Ibagué, capital of the same department, about 95 km. After the eruption of Nevado del Ruíz, which triggered the great tragedy, the headwaters went from the extinct Armero to the new headwaters Guayabal (which at that time had the legal position of police inspection with exceptional functions of municipal seat).

Elements

The population of Guayabal is the administrative center of the municipality and this function was assigned to it by the Departmental Assembly of Tolima, with ordinance number 15 of 1986 in which the legal status of municipal seat of Armero.

Guayabal is located in the central-western part of the municipality of Armero, near the towns of Lérida and San Sebastián de Mariquita, next to the municipality of Falan, crossed by the national highway that connects the capital of Ibagué with the cities of Honda and La Dorada, the rivers Sabandija and Cuamo are close by; It has tourism alternatives, among them: Parque de los Oficios (Minuto de Dios neighborhood), El Laguito de Armero Tourist Complex, Christian Youth Association ACJ-YMCA Tolima, spas: Aquariums and Las Estrellas, hotels, lodgings, restaurants and among other tourist resources.

Services of entities or companies

Guayabal, in addition to being the headquarters of the municipal administrative bodies, has the services of the following entities or companies: sectional office of the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs - DIAN, Departmental Office of Sectional Traffic Armero, Hospital Nelson Restrepo Martínez (Level I and partially Level II), Armero Fire Station, Armero Colombian Red Cross, Civil Defense, Banco Agrario, Bancolombia banking correspondent, ATM service, single municipal notary, ACJ-YMCA Tolima Guayabal headquarters, etc.

Culture and events

Fair: Approximately between August 5 and 9 of each year, the traditional "Fairs and Festivals in Honor of the Lord of Health" and the "Municipal Reign of the Folklore and Agriculture”, where parades, parades, sporting events, alboradas, livestock and commercial fair, cultural exhibition, orchestras, booths, popular stage, bullfight, reign with a parade of candidates in bathing suits and allusive floats are held to folklore and agriculture and coronation, gastronomic festival, burning of gunpowder, motorcycle valid, programming of the Sanctuary of the Lord of Health, high mass, etc.

History

The village that would form the municipality (initially district) was founded on December 16, 1539 with the name of Guayabal, by Lieutenant Matilde Bahamón under the order of Sebastian de Belalcázar.

The municipality of Armero was established by the Constituent Assembly of the State of Cundinamarca, originally with the name of district of Guayabal, being the head of the district the 'parish' (population) of the same name, in the same way and time the district of Méndez, with Decree number 321 of April 1, 1886 (given in Neiva) the 'village' (municipality in the Sovereign State of Tolima) of Méndez was eliminated and the territory was divided between the districts of Guayabal and Honda. Being President of the Republic, General Rafael Reyes Prieto, with National Decree number 1049 of September 27, 1908, determined the transfer of the municipal seat from Guayabal to San Lorenzo and changed the name of the municipality of Guayabal to San Lorenzo, and With Decrees number 1181 of October 30, 1908 and number 073 of January 15, 1909, it set the limits of the municipality. By departmental Ordinance number 047 of May 2, 1930, the name of the municipality of San Lorenzo was changed to Armero in memory of José León Armero. As a result of the tragedy of Armero that occurred on November 13, 1985 (where the head of the municipality disappeared), by Ordinance number 15 of November 13, 1986, the population of Guayabal was established as the head of the municipality.

Municipal seat

• Guayabal

The town of Guayabal is the head of the municipality of Armero and is the urban and administrative center of the municipality; in a customary way it is known as Armero Guayabal and in this way it is mentioned in the national decree number 2622 of 2014 and in other administrative acts, without there being any motivation or legal order to assign this official name.

They are:

• Municipality: Armero.
• Municipal head: Guayabal.
• Guayabal, Armero, Tolima, Colombia.