Puente Nacional (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwente nasjoˈnal]) is an agricultural town and municipality in the Suárez River Valley, part of the Santander Department of northeastern Colombia.

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada travelled south through the area in 1537[10][11][12] in the search for El Dorado.

[13] Having followed the course of the Magdalena River,[14] his expedition then travelled down the Saravita, which formed the main trajectory of the subsequent conquests.

It was in this area that some sources report that Quesada's men made the first ever encounter with a "truffle" crop later identified as the potato.

[20] On September 29, tensions still present from the decennial conflict culminated with a shooting involving local brigand Efrain Gonzalez which left 11 civilians dead and injured 19.