T'akaq (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''t'akay'' to scatter, to spread, ''-q'' a

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,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "scattered, spread / the one that scatters", Hispanicized spellings ''Tacacc, Tacaj''), Takaq (Quechua ''takay'' to hit, "hit / the one that hits") or T'aqaq (Quechua ''t'aqay'' to separate, "separated / the one that separates") is a nearly mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in

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. It is situated in the

Huánuco Region Huánuco (; qu, Wanuku) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huán ...

Yarowilca Province The Yarowilca Province is the smallest of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is Chavinillo. Boundaries *North: Dos de Mayo Province *East: Huánuco Province *South: Lauricocha Province *West: Dos de Mayo ...

,Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001 Chavinillo District, near Chavinillo. File:Huayuculano, Huacuto y Tacaj Chavinillo 20121218-1140.JPG, Huayuculano and Huacuto as seen from the archaeological site of T'akaq

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Archaeological sites in Huánuco Region Archaeological sites in Peru Mountains of Peru Mountains of Huánuco Region {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub

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