Ábrego is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of Norte de Santander. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 1398 m in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
The territory was inhabited by various indigenous communities such as the Oroques, Turmeros, Seborucos and Carasicas. The first denomination of this place was Llano de los Orejones in 1530 by Ambrosio Alfínger's troops. On July 26, 1580, a wooden cross was erected in the middle of the valley of this municipality for the first Eucharist, from that moment, the place began to be called "Llanos de la Cruz". The settlement of the municipality began when the sisters Ana María and Josefa de la Encarnación Maldonado Quintero donated several lands to raise the population of the municipality, from that moment they began to build streets and squares. March 12, 1810, is the date of the founding of the municipality. On April 14, 1930, by ordinance number 32, the name of the municipality was changed to Abrego, in order to honor the nortesantadereana woman who is considered a heroine in the department, Mercedes Abrego de Reyes.
