Babichas

The Babichas were among the Indigenous inhabitants remembered in the highland country around Pamplona, on the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. The Pamplonita River runs through the small valley, while mountain roads connect it with the Cúcuta valley and the Venezuelan Andes. Spanish writers used the name Chitareros for inhabitants of the wider province. Pamplona was founded in 1549 and became a base for expeditions into neighbouring mountain regions.