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Janequeo

Janequeo, may mean:

A person:

  • Janequeo or Yanequén, was a woman lonco and heroine of the Mapuche-Pehuenche people in the 16th century

A minor planet:

  • 2028 Janequeo, an asteroid discovered in 1969, in the Asteroid belt, named for the Mapuche heroine
Janequeo (lonco)

Janequeo or Yanequén, was a woman lonco and heroine of the Mapuche- Pehuenche people. She was the wife of the lonco Huepotaén, chief of Llifén, that was killed after being tortured by order of Governor Alonso de Sotomayor. She succeeded him as lonco, in command of the struggle against the Spanish.