Pisba | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Boyacá Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | La Libertad Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Wilton Giovani Ruíz Correa (2020-2023) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 3 April 1629 |
Founder: | Jesuit missionaries |
Area Total Km2: | 469.12 |
Area Urban Km2: | 30.96 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 1344 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 391 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2400-3500 |
Website: | Official website |
Pisba (sometimes spelled Pisva) is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of La Libertad Province. Pisba is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between 2400m (7,900feet) and 3500m (11,500feet). Distance to Sogamoso is 128km (80miles) and to Tunja 176km (109miles). The municipality borders Paya in the east, Labranzagrande in the south and Mongua in the northwest.[1] The Casanare municipality Támara borders Pisba in the north.
Pisba is located in the east of Boyacá and in this area the Muisca inhabiting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense bordered the homelands of the U'wa in the north and the Achagua in the east. The name is derived from the Chibcha language and means "Honourable domain from before".[2] At the arrival of the Spanish, it is said the Muisca worked hard in agriculture, mainly maize, yuca, bananas and predominantly cotton. Pisba was ruled by the iraca of Sugamuxi.
Modern Pisba was founded on April 3, 1629.[1]
The national park Páramo de Pisba is located close to Pisba and named after it.
Main economical activities in Pisba are agriculture, silviculture and livestock farming.[1]