Apoquindo ( Runasimi ''Apuk-kintu'' flowers for the deity) is the name of a river and pre-Columbian settlement located east of the city of Santiago de Chile, at the foot of the foothills, in the present town of Las Condes. This settlement later became known as the

Pueblo de Indios In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...

in place names Apoquindo and transferred to an estate, the Mount Apoquindo, the

Apoquindo Waterfall The Apoquindo Waterfall is a waterfall in Waters of Ramon Natural Park (Spanish: ''Parque Natural Aguas de Ramón'') on the east side of Santiago, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South Ame ...

, the

Apoquindo Avenue Apoquindo Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Santiago, Chile. It extends through the commune of Las Condes. Description Apoquindo Avenue originates immediately east of Tobalaba Avenue. The main stretch of this street runs eastward from the eastern ...

, to the district San Carlos de Apoquindo, the Apoquindo College and other geographical landmarks and urban community. The limits of Apoquindo are: on the north by

Mapocho River The River Mapocho ( es, Río Mapocho) ( Mapudungun: ''Mapu chuco'', "water that penetrates the land") is a river in Chile. It flows from its source in the Andes mountains onto the west and divides Chile's capital Santiago in two. Course The Mapo ...

in the east of Sierra de Ramon with Provincia Mount and La Cruz Mount, south of Quebrada de Ramon and the western Los Domínicos Square. At present, these limits are not as formal as the Avenida Apoquindo extends much further west ( Canal San Carlos) to the border with the municipality of Providencia.

Etymology

Its name comes from the

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 ...

language, meaning in Quechua ''apuk-kintu'' Flowers for deity ”.Etymology
/ref> While its name is directly related to the worship that was made in the

Inca civilization The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire in Pre-Columbian America, which was centered in modern day South America in Peru and Chile. It was about 2,500 miles from the northern to southern tip. The civilization lasted from 1 ...

Apu of Mapocho Valley. When the

Incas 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 adm ...

conquered an area elected as Apu or the highest hill and this Apu a place of worship and sacrifice. Inca culture rendered the care and tutelage Apu the inhabitants of the valleys that were watered by their summits. This Apu was Cerro El Plomo and was harvested Apoquindo the best flowers for worship, as well from which caravans departed Apoquindo were bound to Cerro El Plomo for the ''

qhapaq hucha ''Capacocha'' or ''Qhapaq hucha'Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices'', University of Texas Press, 2009 ( qu, qhapaq noble, solemn, principal, mighty, royal, crime, sin, guilt Hispanicized spellings , , ...

''.

References

Bibliography

*Léon Echaiz, René, ''"Ñuñohue" Editorial Francisco de Aguirre'', Santiago, 1972. *Ossandón, Dominga and Carlos Ossandón, ''Guide to Santiago'', 9th edition, Editorial Universitaria, Santiago, 1995 *Jaksic FM., ''Spatiotemporal variation patterns of plants and animals in San Carlos de Apoquindo, central Chile''
Center for Advanced Research in Ecology & Biodiversity. School of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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