HISTORY

When the Spanish arrived in the fifteenth century three families inhabited Colombian territory. Chibcha culture located in the highlands and cold areas of the Midwest and in the "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta". The Caribbean, located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and Arwac, in the regions of the Amazon, Putumayo and Caquetá.

The Chibcha family, one of the most numerous and more highly intellectual, had an advanced knowledge of mathematics, used a calendar that enabled him to manage agriculture and celebrate religious holidays and used hieroglyphic writing. Due to its dispersal formed a unique people.

Within the family stood Chibcha Muisca and Tairona groups. The basis of the social organization of these groups was the clan or extended family. Several clans formed a tribe whose leader was the chief. The union of tribes called confederation, was commanded by Zipa or Zaque with administrative policies and religious functions.

within all these cultures can say The Republic of Colombia is a relatively new nation, has fewer than 200 year history as a republic and like the rest of America, its origins as a state back to just a little more than five centuries. However, despite its short existence as a nation, several significant events that have occurred, in this section you will find information on the history of Colombia starting from pre-Columbian times to the present.