Muisca rulers

The Zaque was the ruler of the northern area and based in Hunza, known today as Tunja.

[1] Zipa (Psihipqua) and Zaque (Hoa) were the titles given to these rulers of the ancient confederation.

He would cover himself with gold and float out on a royal barge to the middle of the sacred Lake Guatavita, where he would offer up golden trinkets.

[1] When Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada arrived in the Muisca territories the ruling Zipa was Bogotá and the Zaque was Eucaneme.

There were exceptions, and the ruler's subjects, apparently, had some say in the matter, if only to confirm the successor in his post.