Pisba

Pisba
Pisba
Municipality and town
	Lake in Páramo de Pisba
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	Location of the municipality and town of Pisba in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Country	Colombia
Department	Boyacá Department
Province	La Libertad Province
Founded	3 April 1629
Founded by	Jesuit missionaries
Government
• Mayor	Wilton Giovani Ruíz Correa; (2020-2023)
Area
• Municipality and town	469.12 km2 (181.13 sq mi)
• Urban	30.96 km2 (11.95 sq mi)
Elevation	2,400−3,500 m (−9,100 ft)
Population (2015)
• Municipality and town	1,344
• Density	2.9/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
• Urban	391
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
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 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) and 3,500 metres (11,500 ft). Distance to Sogamoso is 128 kilometres (80 mi) and to Tunja 176 kilometres (109 mi). 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.

History

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.