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  2. Quechua people - Wikipedia

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    Quechua people (/ ˈ k ɛ tʃ u ə /, [7] [8] US also / ˈ k ɛ tʃ w ɑː /; [9] Spanish:) , Quichua people or Kichwa people may refer to any of the Indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, there are some ...

  3. Quechua (geography) - Wikipedia

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    Quechua is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru and is between 2,300 and 3,500 m above sea level. It is composed of big valleys divided by rivers fed by estival rains. It is composed of big valleys divided by rivers fed by estival rains.

  4. Tinyaq - Wikipedia

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    Tinyaq [1] (Quechua tinya a kind of drum, -q a suffix, [2] [3] also spelled Tinyacc) or Quri Willka (Quechua quri gold, willka minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), [2] [3] [4] also spelled Qoriwillka) [1] is an archaeological site in Peru ...

  5. Indigenous peoples of Peru - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Peru has over 60 distinct Amerindian linguistic groups, speaking languages beyond Spanish and the Incan Quechua, not all of which are recognized. [28] Indigenous groups, and therefore language barriers to education, remain a problem primarily in the sierra (Andean highlands) and the selva (Amazon jungle) regions of Peru, less in ...

  6. Huchuy Qosqo - Wikipedia

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    Huchuy Qosqo, (also spelled Yuchuy Cuzco), is an Incan archaeological site north of Cuzco, Peru.Its name is Quechua for "Little Cuzco." It lies at an elevation of 3,650 meters (11,980 feet), overlooking the Sacred Valley and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west and above the town of Lamay at an elevation of 2,920 metres (9,580 ft). [1]

  7. Choquequirao - Wikipedia

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    Choquequirao is a 15th- and 16th-century settlement associated with the Inca Empire, or more correctly Tahuantinsuyo. [8] The site had two major growth stages. This could be explained if Pachacuti founded Choquequirao and his son, Tupac Inca Yupanqui, remodeled and extended it after becoming the Sapa Inca. [9]

  8. Quriwayrachina, Anta - Wikipedia

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    Quriwayrachina or Quri Wayrachina (Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold") [1] [2] is an archaeological site with agricultural terraces in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Anta Province. The terraces lie about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the terraces of Zurite. [3]

  9. Quriwayrachina, Ayacucho - Wikipedia

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    Quriwayrachina, Quri Wayrachina (Quechua quri gold, wayrachina a special oven for smelting metal, "oven for smelting gold"), [1] [2] Hatun Quriwayrachina or Hatun Quri Wayrachina (Quechua hatun big, [1] also spelled Qatun Quriwayrachina) is an archaeological site of the Inca period in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Carmen Salcedo District.

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