Spanish conquest of New Granada

Conquest of New Granada
	Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas
	; Conquest map of Colombia
Date	1525-1540 (15 years)
Location	Colombia
Result	Spanish victory Conquest of present-day Colombia by the Spanish Empire, integration into the New Kingdom of Granada and Viceroyalty of Peru;
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Crown of Castile; Klein-Venedig	Muisca Confederation; Calima; Nariño; Quimbaya; San Agustín; Tairona; Zenú;
Commanders and leaders
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 (POW); Saymoso †
Casualties and losses
	5,250,000 deaths as a result of the conquest (87.5% of the population)

The Spanish conquest of New Granada refers to the conquest 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.^[3] It is estimated that around 5.25 million people died as a result of Spanish Conquest, either by disease or direct conflict, this is 87.5% of the Pre-Columbian population of Colombia.^[4]^[2]

^ Jaime Jaramillo Uribe (1989). Ensayos de historia social: La sociedad neogranadina. Santa Fe de Bogotá: Tercer Mundo, págs. 87. ISBN 978-9-58601-236-2.
^ ^a ^b "Caída de la población indígena en Colombia, 1500-1630: tres escenarios" [Decline of the indigenous population in Colombia, 1500-1630: three scenarios] (PDF). Banco de la República.
^ Tairona Heritage Trust: Tairona history to the time of the Spanish Invasion Tairona Heritage Trust Accessed 21 August 2007.
^ Jaime Jaramillo Uribe (1989). Ensayos de historia social: La sociedad neogranadina. Santa Fe de Bogotá: Tercer Mundo, pp. 87. ISBN 978-9-58601-236-2.