Tupu Inka (

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 ...

and

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 ...

''tupu'' general word for

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/ Incan measurement for a certain distance,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

''tupu'' brooch, ''Inka''

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

) is an archaeological site in

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. It is located in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

Yunguyo Province Yunguyo Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Yunguyo. Political division The province measures and is divided into seven districts: Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainl ...

Unicachi District Unicachi District is one of seven districts of the province Yunguyo in Puno Region, Peru. History Unicachi District was created by Law No. 23382 (May 18, 1982), in second term of Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Ethnic groups The people in the distr ...

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"Sitio arqueológico de Thupu Inka", retrieved on January 27, 2014

References

Archaeological sites in Puno Region Archaeological sites in Peru {{peru-geo-stub