Coyaima

The Coyaima were a Pijao people of the upper Magdalena valley, living along the lower Saldaña and Ortega rivers in present-day Colombia. They belonged to a lowland federation that included the Natagaima.

During the Spanish conquest Juan de Borja exploited rivalries between the Coyaima and other Pijao peoples, recruiting the Coyaima as allies. In 1608 Borja founded a settlement bearing their name, which became a market for goods from the mountains and Magdalena valley. It moved to the Saldaña in 1778.