sentences:  Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s, Gámeza was inhabited first by indigenous groups during the Herrera Period and later part of the Muisca Confederation, the former country of the Muisca in the central highlands (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) of Colombia.The confederation was ruled by "zaques" in Hunza (present-day Tunja), "zipas" in Bacatá and "caciques" of other villages.Gámeza was part of the reign of the "iraca" of Sugamuxi, currently known as Sogamoso.