| Cómbita | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Boyacá Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Boyacá Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nelson Pérez Suárez (2020-2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1586 |
| Area Total Km2: | 149 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 85.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 14632 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1107 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2825 |
| Website: | Official website |
Cómbita is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the sub region of the Central Boyacá Province. Cómbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Arcabuco and the department of Santander in the north, Sotaquirá in the northeast, Tuta and Oicatá in the east, department capital Tunja at 8.5km (05.3miles) away and Motavita in the south and Arcabuco and Motavita in the west.[1]
Cómbita was in the time before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. The ruler of the northern Muisca was the zaque of Hunza, modern day Tunja. The cacique of Cómbita was loyal to the zaque.[1]
In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Cómbita means either "Hand of the jaguar and wheel of life" or "Force of the summit".[1] [2]
Modern Cómbita was founded in 1586.[3]
The economical activities of Cómbita are agriculture; potatoes, barley, wheat, maize and peas, and livestock farming.[1]