Spanish conquest of New Granada
| Conquest of New Granada | |||||||||
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| Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas | |||||||||
Conquest map of Colombia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Klein-Venedig |
Muisca Confederation Calima Nariño Quimbaya San Agustín Tairona Zenú | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Hernán Pérez de Quesada Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Baltasar Maldonado Pedro de Heredia Nikolaus Federmann |
Tisquesusa † Sagipa (POW) Quemuenchatocha (POW) Aquiminzaque Sugamuxi Saymoso † | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,250,000 deaths as a result of the conquest (87.5% of the population) | |||||||||
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The Spanish conquest of New Granada refers to the conquest between 1525 and 1540 by the Spanish monarchy of the Chibcha language-speaking nations of modern-day Colombia and Panama, mainly the Muisca and Tairona that inhabited present-day Colombia, beginning the Spanish colonization of the Americas. It is estimated that around 5.25 million people died as a result of Spanish Conquest, either by disease or direct conflict. This represents 87.5% of the Pre-Columbian population of Colombia.