Tunanmarca,
Tunan Marca
or Siquillapucara
is an archaeological site in
Peru
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. It is located in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
*Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
*Juní ...
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Jauja Province
Jauja Province is a Peruvian province. It is one of the nine provinces of the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Yauli, Tarma and Chanchamayo Provinces. To the east with the Satipo Province, to the south with the Concepción Provin ...
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Tunan Marca District. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 1359/INC on November 9, 2000.
Commemorative Coin
On 26 Nov 2013 the Central Reserve Bank of Peru issued 10,000 new 1 Nuevo Sol coin featuring Tunanmarca buildings and including the engraving ''1 NUEVO SOL TUNANMARCA S. XIII - XVI d.c.''. The coin was part of a series named the ''Wealth and Pride of Peru Series''.
[https://monedasdelperu.com/serie-riqueza-y-orgulloa-del-peru/riqueza-y-orgullo-del-peru_tunanmarca/ Tunanmarca]
See also
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Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''marka'' settlement / storey,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "big settlement", hispanicized spe ...
References
Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in Junín Region
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