Nemequene
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Nemequene or Nemeguene was the third ruler (zipa) of Bacatá as of 1490. His zaque counterpart ruling over the northern area of the Muisca territory was Quemuenchatocha.
Nemequene depicted in 1688 on the cover of Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Granada by Juan de Castellanos
Depiction of Nemequene
Image: Muisca raft detail Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Image: Templo del sol
Bacatá
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Bacatá is the name given to the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also found in texts referring to the modern settlement of Funza, in the centre of the savanna. Bacatá was the main seat of the zipa, the ruler of the Bogotá savanna and adjacent areas. The name of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, is derived from Bacatá, but founded as Santafe de Bogotá in the western foothills of the Eastern Hills in a different location than the original settlement Bacatá, west of the Bogotá River, eventually named after Bacatá as well.
When the first humans arrived in the area of Bacatá, the retreating lake shores were populated by the extinct New World gomphothere Cuvieronius
The almost circular Lake Guatavita was one of the most sacred sites of the Muisca. In this lake, the initiation ritual of the new zipa was held
Muisca fishermen in Funza (Bacatá)
Muyquytá was conquered by the troops of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in April 1537