Oiba
title: "Oiba" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-santander-department", "villages-in-colombia", "populated-places-established-in-1540", "1540-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiba" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Oiba |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Parque de Oiba.JPG |
| image_map | Colombia - Santander - Oiba.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Oiba in the Santander Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Santander Department |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Comunera Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Carlos Miguel Durán Rángel |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 28 February 1540 |
| founder | Martín Galeano |
| area_total_km2 | 287 |
| area_urban_km2 | 3 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 11738 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 5547 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1420 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Oiba () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Its antipode Oiba borders Guapotá and Confines in the north; Charalá in the east; Guadalupe and Guapotá in the west; and Suaita in the south. The department capital Bucaramanga is 151 km to the north and the national capital Bogotá 270 km to the south.
History
In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Oiba was inhabited by the Guane. The modern town was conquered and founded on February 28, 1540, by Martín Galeano.
Economy
Oiba is an agricultural community that cultivates mainly coffee, sugarcane, maize, yuca and tree tomatoes.
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.oiba-santander.gov.co/index.php/es/nosotros/nuestro-municipio/informacion-general Official website Oiba]
- es [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/sept2001/ciudades.htm Fundaciones de ciudades y poblaciones] - [[Banco de la República]]
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