Pukarani (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

pukara Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings ''pucara, pucará'') is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and no ...

'' fortress or a mountain of protection, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a fortress", Hispanicized spelling ''Pucarani'') is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the

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, about high. It is located in the

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, Nicasio District. The archaeological site of Pukarani was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 79.Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación (pdf) It lies north of the mountain and archaeological site of Intikancha.

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