Hunza

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Hunza was the principal city and political center of the Zaque rulers within the pre-Columbian Muisca Confederation in what is now central Colombia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hunza canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
pre-Columbian city ⓘ
associatedRuler Aquiminzaque ⓘ
Quemuenchatocha ⓘ
associatedWithTitle zaque ⓘ
surface form: Zaque
capitalOf Zaque domain ⓘ
civilization Muisca ⓘ
conqueredBy Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
conquestCentury 16th century ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalArea Andean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Andean civilizations
culturalHeritageStatus important Muisca archaeological heritage site ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
emerald trade ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
governedBy hereditary rulers ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
historicalRegion Boyacá area ⓘ
languageSpoken Muysccubun ⓘ
locatedIn Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca Confederation

central Colombia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Tunja ⓘ
locatedOn Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
mainDeityVenerated Chía ⓘ
Sué ⓘ
modernNameDerivedAs Tunja ⓘ
notableFor role in Muisca Confederation ⓘ
seat of the Zaque ⓘ
partOf territory of the northern Muisca ⓘ
politicalRole political center of the northern Muisca ⓘ
principal city of the Zaque rulers ⓘ
politicalStructure chiefdom ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
preColumbianCulture Muisca ⓘ
preColumbianPeople Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca people
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chibcha-speaking peoples ⓘ
religion Muisca religion ⓘ
strategicImportance control of trade routes across the Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
successorSettlement Spanish colonial city of Tunja ⓘ
timePeriodEnd Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca
urbanType ceremonial and administrative center ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muisca → capitalOfZaque → Hunza ⓘ
Tunja → formerName → Hunza ⓘ
Muysca → capitalCity → Hunza ⓘ
zaque → capital → Hunza ⓘ
zaque → politicalCenter → Hunza ⓘ