GámezaGámeza (ˈɣamesa) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Sugamuxi Province, a subregion of Boyacá. The town center is located at from Sogamoso and the municipality borders Tasco and Corrales in the north, Tópaga and Mongua in the south, in the east Socotá and westward of Gámeza Corrales and Tópaga. Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s, Gámeza was inhabited first by indigenous groups during the Herrera Period and later part of the Muisca Confederation, the former country of the Muisca in the central highlands (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) of Colombia.
BusbanzáBusbanzá (busβanˈsa) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Busbanzá is part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Busbanzá is located at from Sogamoso. It borders Betéitiva in the north, in the east and south Corrales and in the west Floresta. The first inhabitants of Busbanzá settled there from the Eastern Llanos near a former lake. They were the ancestors of the Muisca of Busbanzá and organized themselves in the cacicazgos of the Iraka Valley, together with Gámeza, Tobasía, Firavitoba, Iza, Pesca, Toca, Tota, Yaconí, Guaquira, Monquirá.
Muisca agricultureThe Muisca agriculture describes the agriculture of the Muisca, the advanced civilisation that was present in the times before the Spanish conquest on the high plateau in the Colombian Andes; the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The Muisca were a predominantly agricultural society with small-scale farmfields, part of more extensive terrains. To diversify their diet, they traded mantles, gold, emeralds and salt for fruits, vegetables, coca, yopo and cotton cultivated in lower altitude warmer terrains populated by their neighbours, the Muzo, Panche, Guane, Guayupe, Lache, Sutagao and U'wa.
Muisca religionMuisca religion describes the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of the Colombian Andes before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. The Muisca formed a confederation of holy rulers and had a variety of deities, temples and rituals incorporated in their culture. Supreme being of the Muisca was Chiminigagua who created light and the Earth. He was not directly honoured, yet that was done through Chía, goddess of the Moon, and her husband Sué, god of the Sun.
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.
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).
BoyacáBoyacá est un des 32 départements de la Colombie situé dans la région des Andes au centre-est du pays. Sa création remonte à la réforme constitutionnelle de la Confédération grenadine le 22 mai 1858 sous le nom d'État souverain de Boyacá. La superficie actuelle est similaire à celle de l'île de Sardaigne en Italie. Le nom « Boyacá » provient de Bojaca qui signifie en langue chibcha "Région de la cape royale" ou "Près du Cacique", qui dérive des mots boy (manteau, couverture) et ca (proche).
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.
