Pumamarka (

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and

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''puma'' cougar, puma, ''marka'' village,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "puma village", Hispanicized spelling ''Pumamarca'') is an archaeological site in

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. It is located in the Cusco Region,

Urubamba Province Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...

Ollantaytambo District Ollantaytambo District is one of seven districts of the province Urubamba in Peru. Geography The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. The highest peak of the district is Sallqantay at . Other mountains are listed b ...

, at the confluence of the rivers Patakancha and its affluent Yuraqmayumincetur.gob.pe
"Sector arqueológico de Pumamarka", retrieved on January 24, 2014 (Quechua for "white river", Hispanicized ''Yuracmayo'').

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