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
Unknown	5,250,000 deaths as a result of the conquest (87.5% of the population)[1][2]

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]