| Nompanim | |
|---|---|
| Iraca | |
| Predecessor | "Bermejo" |
| Successor | Sugamuxi |
| Born | unknown Muisca Confederation |
| Died | unknown Muisca Confederation |
Nompanim orNomparem (Chibcha: "Vessel of the jaguar")[1] (15th century - first third of 16th century) was the penultimateiraca;cacique of the sacred City of the Sun;Sugamuxi. Sugamuxi, presently called Sogamoso, was an important city in thereligion of theMuisca who inhabited theAltiplano Cundiboyacense in the times before theSpanish conquest of the Muiscaconquistadores reached the central highlands of theColombianAndes. FellowMuisca rulers of other territories within theMuisca Confederation wereTundama inTundama,zaqueQuemuenchatocha inHunza andzipasNemequene andTisquesusa inBacatá.
According to the traditions of the northern Muisca, theiraca of Sugamuxi was chosen alternating between thecaciques ofFiravitoba andTobasía. Nompanim, from Tobasía, was the successor ofBermejo (Spanish given name), ascacique of Sugamuxi. Bermejo was anusurper to the throne of Sugamuxi, allegedly because he was a redhead.[2] Nompanim supportedzaqueQuemuenchatocha with an army of 20,000guecha warriors in theBattle of Los Arroyos againstzipaNemequene, fought around 1514.[2] The army of thezaque, supported by Nompanim,Tundama, and thecaciques ofGámeza andSáchica won this battle and Nemequene died the next day, succeeded by Tisquesusa.
The seat of Nompanim was theSun Temple in Sogamoso, that was destroyed by soldiers ofGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in September 1537.
Nompanim installed four new laws for his people: 1; don't kill, 2; don't steal, 3; don't lie and 4; don't take someone else's wife. The first crime was punished with the death penalty and for the other crimes lashing was the punishment at the first incident, personal dishonouring for the second and inherited dishonouring for the third time.
Nompanim died in an unknown year shortly after 1514 and was succeeded bySugamuxi, the lastiraca of the City of the Sun, who confronted the Spanish conquerors and converted tocatholicism.[1]
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