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by Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 19 November 2004
See also:
Flag of Montelíbano (Córdoba). The flag are green and light
gray,
Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 31 March and 19 November
2004
The town of Montelibano was originally settled toward the end
of the 19th Cerntury by immigrants from what is now Lebanon but
was then part of the Ottoman Empire. Being Maronite Roman
Catholics, they felt that they would be able to lead more
rewarding and spiritually fulfilled lives in a Catholic country.
As many south American countries were actively seeking immigrants
at this time, largely but not excclusively from Europe, Colombia
could be counted in this number. The new immigrants, conscious of
their traditions, decided that the name of their new settlement
would always remind them of their roots; hence the named it
Montelibano, or 'Mount Lebanon.'
Ron Lahav, 31 March 2004
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from <www.montelibano.gov.co>