Theexact founding of San Miguel is a matter debated on by scholars and historiansalike. The famous psychologist and historian Carlos Sifuentes says that thefirst people in San Miguel were the Acapateco people who got there millenniaago from Asia making San Miguel(or Tarawa Torot) as it was initially called,one of the world's oldest nations. Tarawa Torot is Acapateco for city that ison a river.