A population estimate made by DANE(Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística) in 2005, they are around 812 people in Santander that identify as Guane, with 409 being men and 403 being women.

The most prominent reasoning states that it came from the Muisca people, the Guane’s neighbors, who referred to them as ‘Guatas’ which means ‘tall’ in the Musyccubun language.

Many illustrations and iconographies are found all over Santander that depict interpretations of people, events, animals, and other forms of artistic expression.

At first, Spanish explorers entered their territory on friendly terms, however, eventually a Captain named Martín Galeano made his way into their land with an armed force at his back.

The Guane, led at the time by Guanetá, fought back with all their projectile weapons in order to slow the advance of the Spanish.

[11] The Guane also continue their tradition of gastronomy by preparing of 'hormigas culonas' which translated to big butt ants, arepas, and chicha.

[1][8] The Guane inhabited the area of central and south Santander, around the Chicamocha Canyon and a small part of Boyacá.