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Aquiminzaque (Chibcha language: Aquim ó Quiminza, died Tunja, 1540) was the last hoa of Hunza, on which the Spanish city of Tunja (in present-day Colombia) was built, reigning from 1537 until his death. His psihipqua counterpart in the southern area of the Muisca was Sagipa. Aquiminzaque was for the Muisca people what Túpac Amaru was for the Inca people; and as the Inca leader, Quiminza was executed by decapitation.
Aquiminzaque ruled over the northern area of the Muisca people in present-day Boyacá, Colombia in the years when the Spanish conquistadores were entering the highlands of the Muisca.
At first Aquiminzaque converted to Catholicism, but when he realized the true motives of the Spanish conquerors over the Muisca people, he revolted against them, undermining the initial rule of Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Shortly after, in 1540, Hernán executed Aquiminzaque by public decapitation in Tunja. Public execution of Aquiminzaque in Tunja - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas The spectacle, meant as an example, was watched by the Muisca people and executions of other of Toca, Motavita, Samacá, Turmequé and Sutamarchán followed.
The death of the last hoa meant the end of the Muisca Confederation.
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