Muisca people

right|thumb|260px|Location of Muisca in Colombia. right|thumb|260px|View of the Eastern Ranges of the Andean natural region[[Lake Tota is clearly visible]] right|thumb|260px|The Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges; territory of the Muisca right|thumb|260px|Southwestern Altiplano; Bogotá savanna, territory of the southern mosca (zipa)

The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) were a pre-Columbian culture and colonial communities of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, whose customs lasted up the beginning of the 19th century and Colombian independence, and are indigenous peoples in Colombia in a process of cultural re-definition and revitalization. The Muisca spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan language family, also called Muysca and Mosca, which is part of an important revival effort. The first known contact with Europeans in the region was in 1537 during the Spanish conquest of New Granada.