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Aquiminzaque

d. 1540 · 16th century

Aquiminzaque (died 1540) was the last zaque, ruler of the northern Muisca of Hunza (modern Tunja) in the Colombian highlands. He succeeded Quemuenchatocha, who had been captured by the Spanish under Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in 1537. Accused of plotting rebellion against the conquerors, he was beheaded in Tunja in 1540 on the orders of Hernán Pérez de Quesada.

Aquiminzaque
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Zacazgo of Hunza

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