Colcampata (

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 ...

''qullqa, qulqa'' deposit, ''-n'' a

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, ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in

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. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

Cusco Province Cusco Province is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into eight distri ...

Cusco District Cusco is a district in the northern Cusco Province within the Cusco Region of Peru. It is bordered by districts of Ccorca and Poroy on the west, the provinces of Anta, the Calca, and Urubamba on the north, the San Jerónimo District on the ea ...

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"Grupo arqueológico de Colcampata", retrieved on February 12, 2014 The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by R.D N°1128-2004-INC.

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{{coord, 13.5129, S, 71.9797, W, source:wikidata, display=title Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Cusco Region

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