The history of this picturesque town dating back to Spanish colonial times, to the founding of the village of the "Philippines" in 1571, located south of the current district. Between 1828 and 1897, according to Manuel H. Documents Arosemena, the people made up their houses of palm, really huts that were scattered at haphazard angles that gave to the square.

All were surrounded with so-called runaway slave who had latches doors that prevented the entry of pigs, so that to enter these houses was necessary to climb on these latches. The number of huts did not exceed 80 and they only about 20 of them had mud walls.

In 1838 it were built three houses with mud walls, tile roofs and wood doors. For 1846, the mayor at that time prohibited the construction of thatched huts and this caused the interest to reform the roofs with tiles.

Today many are still preserved traditional houses of the early twentieth century, located around the Plaza de San Isidro, where the old traditional families used to be.

(From the brochure of the "39 Feria de Veraguas" - www.feriadeveraguas.com, and the "Panama Explorer")

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