NemocónNemocón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Nemocón, famous for its salt mine, was an important village in the Muisca Confederation, the country in the central Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish. The municipality is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with its urban centre at an altitude of and from the capital Bogotá.
Muisca economyThis article describes the economy of the Muisca. The Muisca were the original inhabitants of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau in the Eastern Ranges of central present-day Colombia. Their rich economy and advanced merchant abilities were widely known by the indigenous groups of the area and described by the Spanish conquistadores whose primary objective was the acquisition of the mineral resources of Tierra Firme; gold, emeralds, carbon, silver and copper.
GachancipáGachancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Guatavita and Tocancipá in the south, Sesquilé and Guatavita in the east, Nemocón in the west and Suesca in the north. The name Gachancipá comes from Chibcha and means "Pottery of the zipa". The area of Gachancipá before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation.
SubachoqueSubachoque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is situated on the Bogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. Subachoque is part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá and borders Zipaquirá, Tabio and Tenjo in the east, Zipaquirá and Pacho in the north, San Francisco and Supatá in the west and Madrid and El Rosal in the south.
TausaTausa (ˈtawsa) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tausa is and was an important town on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense due to its salt mine. It was the third most prolific salt deposit for the original inhabitants of the area; the Muisca. Tausa's urban centre is located at an elevation of (other parts of the municipality reach elevations of ) and a distance of from the capital Bogotá.
Muisca cuisineMuisca cuisine describes the food and preparation the Muisca elaborated. The Muisca were an advanced civilization inhabiting the central highlands of the Colombian Andes (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. Their diet and cuisine consisted of many endemic flora and fauna of Colombia. The main product of the Muisca was maize, in various forms. The advantage of maize was that it could be grown in the various climatic zones the Muisca territories experienced.
ChibchasLes Chibchas ou Tchibtchas ou Muiscas sont une communauté précolombienne de l'actuelle Colombie, vivant autour de l'actuelle Bogota, conquise en 1536 par le conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, à la recherche de l'Eldorado. La langue chibcha, plus souvent appelée muisca, fait partie de la famille chibchane s’étendant d’Amérique centrale (Costa Rica) au cap Guayaquil (à la frontière entre l’Équateur et le Pérou actuel).
BogotaBogota , anciennement Santa Fe de Bogotá Distrito Capital, est la capitale de la Colombie, ainsi que celle du département de Cundinamarca. Elle a été fondée le par le conquistador espagnol Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 - 1579). Suivant l’organisation d’un district capital unitaire et décentralisé, Bogota jouit d'une autonomie lui permettant la gestion de ses intérêts dans les limites imposées par la Constitution et la loi. Composée de , elle est la métropole incontestée du pays aux points de vue administratif, économique et politique.