Meicuchuca
Sign in to saveMeicuchuca (died 1470) was the first ruler (zipa) of Bacatá, as of around 1450. His zaque counterpart ruling over the northern area of the Muisca territory was Hunzahúa.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Muisca Confederations
- Place of birth
- Bacata
- Place of death
- Bacata
- Occupation
- Zipa
- Position held
- Zipa
- Languages spoken
- Chibcha
- Religion
- Muisca religion
- Image
- Meicuchuca-Zipa por Andrés Bohórquez.jpg
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- ethnic group
- Muisca people
- date of death
- 1470-00-00
- date of birth
- 1500-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Meicuchuca and the snake
- Meicuchuca in Muisca history
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- References
Meicuchuca (died 1470) was the first ruler (zipa) of Bacatá, as of around 1450. His zaque counterpart ruling over the northern area of the Muisca territory was Hunzahúa.
== Biography == Little is known about Meicuchuca and many stories about his reign are more mythical than historical. He ruled the southern Muisca territory from around 1450 to 1470 and was succeeded according to Muisca heritage laws by his nephew Saguamanchica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meicuchuca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.