 By 500 BC, maize and potatoes were the predominant products cultivated and by the year 800 the Muisca inhabited the area.After the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, in 1538, the Muisca were preserved in a Resguardo, located in the area of Suba and to the north in Chía and Cota.In 1550, Antonio Días Cardoso and Hernán Camilo Monsilva founded the village of Suba.