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Around 1860, as a result of the civil war, some residents of Chinácota and El Chopo (today Pamplonita) emigrated to the banks of the Táchira River, crossing the mountain range. Thus, they established the first camps in the valley comprised by the Paso Antiguo and La Hormadera streams. In the historical archives, Miguel Contreras is one of the first to obtain property titles for these lands. This is how Juan Tarazona and Rafael Quintero also appear. The latter is regarded as the one who first drew the population.

By means of the decree issued by the president of the sovereign State of Santander, Solón Wilchees, on September 27, 1881, the Planadas district was created. On September 3, 1887, the Governor of the Santander department, General Alejandro Peña Solano, ´´ erected in the municipal district the Caseríos Planadas, Mundo Nuevo and ´´La Honda´´ that formerly belonged to Chinácota, by the limits indicated in corregimiento of that name. It will be the head of this new municipality of the La Planadas farmhouse; and its territory is assigned to the judicial circuit of the Chinácota notary's office ”.

In 1892, through the ordinance, the Santander Assembly replaced the name Planadas with Concordia, a sweet synonym of peace and unity, values ​​that were deeply rooted in the spirit and conduct of the first settlers.

In 1930 on April 14, the Assembly of Norte de Santander, by means of ordinance 28 in its article 10, orders; ´´ Since the sanction of this Ordinance, the Concordia municipality will be called ´´ Ragonvalia´´ in honor of the great Patricio Ramón González Valencia´´.





Full Name: Ragonvalia

Foundation: 1860

Founder: Miguel Contreras.

Population: DANE 2005 Census: 6,800 inhabitants

Altitude: 1,550 meters above sea level.

Extension: 102 Km2

Climate: Average 20º C.

Distance to Cúcuta: 70 Km.

Geographic coordinates: Longitude west of Greenwich 72º 29´, North latitude 7º 35´

Limits: North: Los patios and Villa del Rosario,

South: Herrán,

East: Republic of Venezuela,

West: Chinácota.



Administrative Division: Composed of the municipal seat and 14 sidewalks.

Rivers: The following streams: El Indio, Margarijá, La Honda, Agua blanca, La Pegadera, La Samagala, La Carolina, Agua Negra, Penjuil.

Region: South East

Economy:

Agricultural production: coffee, arracacha, sugar cane, morón, tree tomato and fruits.

Livestock production such as cattle, pigs and poultry.





Holidays:

January 1 to 16: Santo Niño de Atocha, Patron

September 30: Anniversary of the Foundation

Easter

Christmas bonus



Tourist sites:

Parish church

Sanctuary of the Holy Child of Atocha

Simón Bolívar Main Park

Monument to the Holy Cross, on the road to the Oasis

Alliance International Bridge

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