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 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.