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Llaqta Qulluy, Tayacaja
Llaqta Qulluy (Quechua ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation), ''qulluy'' to die out, become extinct; to fail, "extinct town", also spelled ''Llaccta Ccolloy, Llacta Ccolloy, Llactaccolloy'') is an archaeological site in Peru on a mountain of that name. It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Tayacaja Province The Tayacaja Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Pampas. The province has a population of 116,371 inhabitants as of 2002. Boundaries *North: Junín Region ..., Ahuaycha District. The site lies in the community of Llaqta Pata ''(Llaccta Pata)'', Vista Alegre, on top of the mountain.Plan de Desarrollo Concertado de la Provincia de Tayacaja, p. 76 References Archaeological sites in Huancavelica Region Mountains of Huancavelica Region {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
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Huancavelica Region
Huancavelica () is a department and region in Peru with an area of and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census). The capital is the city Huancavelica. The region is bordered by the departments of Lima and Ica in the west, Junín in the north, and Ayacucho in the east. Political division The department is divided into seven provinces. Province (Capital) # Acobamba Province ( Acobamba) # Angaraes Province ( Lircay) # Castrovirreyna Province (Castrovirreyna) # Churcampa Province (Churcampa) # Huancavelica Province (Huancavelica) # Huaytará Province (Huaytará) # Tayacaja Province (Pampas) The main cities are Huancavelica, Pampas and Lircay. There are many little districts like Querco in Huancavelica. Querco is a nice little town. Most of the residents are agricultors. They own cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, mules, llamas, goats, chickens, and donkeys. Demographics The region is mostly inhabited by indigenous people of Quechua descent. Languages According to the 2007 Peru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayacaja Province
The Tayacaja Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Pampas. The province has a population of 116,371 inhabitants as of 2002. Boundaries *North: Junín Region *East: Ayacucho Region, Churcampa Province *South: Huancavelica Province *West: Junín Region Political division Tayacaja is divided into eighteen districts, which are: * Acostambo (Acostambo) * Acraquia (Acraquia) * Ahuaycha (Ahuaycha) * Colcabamba ( Colcabamba) * Daniel Hernández ( Mariscal Cáceres) * Huachocolpa ( Huachocolpa) * Huaribamba (Huaribamba) * Ñahuimpuquio ( Ñahuimpuquio) * Pampas (Pampas) * Pazos (Pazos) * Quishuar ( Quishuar) * Salcabamba ( Salcabamba) * Salcahuasi ( Salcahuasi) * San Marcos de Rocchac ( San Marcos de Rocchac) * Surcubamba (Surcubamba) * Tintay Puncu (Tintay) * Andaymarca (Andaymarca) * Quichuas ( Quichuas) Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Chawpi Urqu at appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahuaycha District
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeological Sites In Huancavelica Region
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for which, by definition, there are no written records. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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