Oiba

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.