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[[Image:MunsCauca Puerto Tejada.png|thumb|right|250px|Location of the town and municipality of '''Puerto Tejada''' in the [[Cauca Department]].]] |
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[[Image:Daniel Elena.jpg|thumb|Elena celebrating victory at the 2005 [[Cyprus Rally]].]] |
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'''Puerto Tejada''' is a town and municipality in the [[Cauca Department]], [[Colombia]]. |
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'''Daniel Elena''' (born [[26 October]] [[1972]]) is a [[rally (sports)|rally]] co-driver from [[Monaco]]. He is currently co-driver to [[Sébastien Loeb]]. The pair have won the [[World Rally Championship]] four times, and currently compete with the [[Citroën C4#C4 in rallying|Citroën C4]]. Forty-six World rally wins (all of them with Loeb) make him the co-driver with the most victories in the history of the WRC. |
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He started rallying in 1997 as [[co-driver]] to Hervé Bernard, but became Loeb's co-driver the following season and quickly developed a strong relationship with him, winning the [[Citroën Saxo]] Trophy in 1999 and the French gravel title the following year. |
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In 2001, they won the [[FIA]] [[Super 1600]] championship in their Citroën Saxo, becoming an obvious choice for Citroën's WRC team, which they made their first start for that year, going on to take their first win at [[Rallye Deutschland]] in 2002. They went on to take four consecutive World Rally Championship titles between 2004 and 2007. |
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Established on September 17th of 1897. The founder of Puerto Tejada was General Manuel Tejada Sanchez, the town was named after him. Puerto Tejada was founded to organize blacks in Colombia. During the XVIII and XIX century black slaves and free blacks were revolting in this region. After the abolition of slavery in 1852 the free slaves established themselves in this area where they created family farms producing coffee, corn, plantain, cassava and cacao. The Population created a pulsating agricultural economy at the end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX century. |
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Loeb and Elena have won Elena's home rally, the famous [[Monte Carlo rally]] five times (2003-2005 and 2007-2008). |
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Its first habitants established themselves at the riverbanks of the Palo and Paila rivers, developing a market economy. The blacks and mestizos are the descendants of the maroons that escaped to Dark Bush, presently called Puerto Tejada. It was called Dark Bush due to is dense tropical vegetation before the town was established. These new population were farmers and colonists with a regular market with a prosperous agricultural economy. Puerto Tejada was the result of the colonization of the plains. With the creation of the town, others towns surged around the area. |
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Elena is the first person to receive the [[Michael Park (co-driver)|Michael Park]] trophy, which is given yearly to the best co-driver. |
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http://www.puertotejada-cauca.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m |
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http://www.colombiavirtual.com/elliberal/domingo/regional/desarrollo2.asp |
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http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2007/0707bacon.html |
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http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2003/12humanrights_sanchez-garzoli.aspx |
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[[Category:Municipalities of Cauca]] |
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Revision as of 12:35, 12 October 2008
Puerto Tejada is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia.
3°15′N 76°25′W / 3.250°N 76.417°W
Established on September 17th of 1897. The founder of Puerto Tejada was General Manuel Tejada Sanchez, the town was named after him. Puerto Tejada was founded to organize blacks in Colombia. During the XVIII and XIX century black slaves and free blacks were revolting in this region. After the abolition of slavery in 1852 the free slaves established themselves in this area where they created family farms producing coffee, corn, plantain, cassava and cacao. The Population created a pulsating agricultural economy at the end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX century.
Its first habitants established themselves at the riverbanks of the Palo and Paila rivers, developing a market economy. The blacks and mestizos are the descendants of the maroons that escaped to Dark Bush, presently called Puerto Tejada. It was called Dark Bush due to is dense tropical vegetation before the town was established. These new population were farmers and colonists with a regular market with a prosperous agricultural economy. Puerto Tejada was the result of the colonization of the plains. With the creation of the town, others towns surged around the area.
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http://www.puertotejada-cauca.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m http://www.encolombia.com/departamentos-cauca.htm http://www.colombiavirtual.com/elliberal/domingo/regional/desarrollo2.asp http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2007/0707bacon.html http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2003/12humanrights_sanchez-garzoli.aspx
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