page_title: Spanish conquest of the Muisca
section_title: May–August 1537 – route towards Hunza through the Tenza Valley (Gonzalo)
hierarchical_section_title: Spanish conquest of the Muisca / Conquest of the Muisca / April 1537 – conquest of Bacatá / May–August 1537 – route towards Hunza through the Tenza Valley (Gonzalo)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Es un lago artificial creado para proporcionar potencial hidráulico a la Central Hidroeléctrica de Chivor, ubicado en jurisdicción de los municipios de Macanal, Chivor y Almeida, en el departamento de Boyacá en la República de Colombia. Monumento de la ingeniería colombiana. This is a photo of a Colombian monument with location ID 15022
context_page_description: The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca were the inhabitants of the central Andean highlands of Colombia before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They were organised in a loose confederation of different rulers; the zipa of Bacatá, with his headquarters in Funza, the zaque of Boyacá, with his headquarters in Hunza, the iraca of the sacred City of the Sun Sugamuxi, the Tundama of Tundama, and several independent caciques. The leaders of the Confederation at the time of conquest were zipa Tisquesusa, zaque Quemuenchatocha, iraca Sugamuxi and Tundama in the northernmost portion of their territories. The Muisca were organised in small communities of circular enclosures, with a central square where the bohío of the cacique was located. They were called "Salt People" because of their extraction of salt in various locations throughout their territories, mainly in Zipaquirá, Nemocón, and Tausa. For the main part self-sufficient in their well-organised economy, the Muisca traded with the European conquistadors valuable products as gold, tumbaga, and emeralds with their neighbouring indigenous groups.
caption: Chivor was the first encounter with the rich emerald (lake). In July 1537 De Quesada finally found the precious green resource
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