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Nobsa is a town and municipality in the Sugamuxi Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 125km from the national capital Bogotá at an altitude of 2510m. Other parts of the municipality range in altitude between 2500m and 3300m. The Chicamocha River flows through Nobsa. The municipality borders Santa Rosa de Viterbo and Floresta in the north, Corrales and Tópaga in the east, Tibasosa and Santa Rosa de Viterbo in the west and in the south Tibasosa and Santa Rosa de Viterbo.EtymologyNobsa is derived from Chibcha and means "Decent bath of today".HistoryIn the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Nobsa was part of the Muisca Confederation, a loose confederation of the Muisca. Nobsa was ruled by the Tundama of Tundama.Modern Nobsa was founded on January 9, 1593 by Jerónimo Holguín and Misael Millán.