Conquest of New Granada | |||||||||
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Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas | |||||||||
![]() Conquest map of Colombia | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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![]() Calima Nariño Quimbaya San Agustín Tairona Zenú | ||||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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 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.[3] 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.[4][2]