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Chanca or Chanka may refer to: * Chanca people, an ethnic group of Peru * Chanca Quechua, a language of Peru * Chhanka, a mountain in Peru * Cerro Chanka, a lava dome in Peru * Chança River, a river in Spain and Portugal See also * Diego Álvarez Chanca Diego Álvarez Chanca (c. 1463 - c. 1515) was a Spanish physician who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage. Chanca was a physician-in-ordinary to Ferdinand and Isabella, which is how he was introduced to Columbus. He was appoi ...
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Chanca People
The Chanka people (or Chanca) are a Quechua people ethnic group living in the regions of Apurimac, Ayacucho and Lamas of Peru. They were enemies of the Incas, and they were centered primarily in Andahuaylas, located in the modern-day region of Apurímac. The Chankas were divided into three groups: the Hanan Chankas, or the Upper Chankas, the Urin Chankas, or the Lower Chankas, and the Villca, or Hancohuallos. The Hanan Chankas had their center in Andahuaylas, the Urin Chankas in Uranmarca, and the Villca in Vilcas Huaman, Ayacucho. The Chankas encompassed two ethnic groups with well-marked characteristics: the Hanan Chankas (or later called "the Parkos Kingdom"); and the Urin Chankas, who surrendered voluntarily to the Quechuan Cusco, and were not destroyed or subjected to forced land transfers (mitmakuna). The Hanan Chanka did not leave major contributions other than villages, and remains of Wari pottery and rudimentary tools have been found. This area needs better study. T ...
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Chanca Quechua
Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka after the local Chanka ethnicity that dominated the area before the Inca conquest) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants from Ayacucho in Lima. With roughly a million speakers, it is the largest variety of Southern Quechua after Cusco Quechua. The literary standard of Southern Quechua is based on these two closely related Quechua varieties. Phonology Vowels Spanish Loanwords Ayacucho Quechua has three vowels: , , and , which are rendered by native speakers as , , and respectively. When these vowels appear adjacent to the uvular fricative , they are lowered (with instead being produced further back), yielding , , and respectively. In bilingual speakers, the Spanish realizations , , and may also be found. Consonants The consonant phonemes of Ayacucho Quechua are outlined below. Orthographic symbols at odds with the IPA are given in angle brackets. * Loanwords letters ...
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Chhanka
Chhanka ( Quechua for cliff, hispanicized spelling ''Chanca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high . It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District Cajatambo, Kashatampu'','' or Qaqatampu (Quechua) is one of five districts of the province Cajatambo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Geography The Waywash .... Chhanka lies southwest of Pishtaq. A little lake named Tuqtuqucha ("hen lake") lies at its feet.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Oyón Province (Lima Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Lima Region {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ...
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Cerro Chanka
Cerro Chanka (also known as Chanka or Pabellon) is a Pleistocene lava dome in the Andes. It is part of the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex. Potassium-argon dating indicates that the dome last erupted 119.8±5.4 ka ago. Another reported age is 1.5±0.1 mya. The dome is located on the northwestern side of Cerro del Azufre. It is constructed from three lobes with diameters of . The flanks of the dome are steep and talus and lava blocks lie at its feet. Cerro Chanka has a SiO2 content of 66% and is of calc-alkaline origin. The lavas are potassium-rich dacitic and rhyolitic save for an andesitic mafic component, and rich in crystals. See also * Cerro Chao * Cerro Chascon-Runtu Jarita complex * Tocorpuri Tocorpuri is a volcano in Chile, close to the border with Bolivia. Its peak height is most recently given as and it features a wide summit crater. The volcano consists mainly of lava flows and pyroclastic deposits and is subdivided into two se ... References Pleis ...
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Chança River
The Chanza River (Chança in Portuguese) is a river on the Iberian Peninsula. The river arises in the Aracena Mountains in Spain and later forms part of the Portugal–Spain border. The river can be crossed by using the Lower Guadiana International bridge. See also * List of rivers of Portugal * List of rivers of Spain This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsu ... Rivers of Spain Rivers of Andalusia Rivers of Portugal International rivers of Europe Portugal–Spain border Tributaries of the Guadiana River {{Spain-river-stub ...
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