Pisba National Natural Park
national park in Colombia
Pisba National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque nacional natural Pisba) is a national park of Colombia located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes. It contains Andean forests, cloud forests, and is most well-known for its páramos. It is located inside Boyacá Department, near the municipalities of Pisba, Mongua, Tasco, Socha, and Socotá.
The legend of La Mancarita, a woman made of ice lurking in the fog to lure men into it, comes from the Pisba.
History
Before the Spanish arrival to the area, it was home to the Tunebo on the west side of the mountain and the Lache along the Chicamocha River in the east. The first Spanish contact came during Hernán Pérez de Quesada's expedition to find the Casa del Sol (City of the Sun).
In 1819, Simón Bolívar marched his army through the Pisba from Tame to Socha during the campaign to liberate New Granada. His army endured constant freezing rain. A significant amount of his force perished, with one quarter of the British Legions dying. Also endured was a major loss in horses, none of which survived, and guns.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q514657. Authority coordinates are 5.890, -72.570. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1819.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pisba National Natural Park” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.