Isog (possibly from Quechua ''isu'' skin sickness caused by a certain

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

(

mange Mange is a type of skin disease caused by parasitic mites. Because various species of mites also infect plants, birds and reptiles, the term "mange", or colloquially "the mange", suggesting poor condition of the skin and fur due to the infection ...

), ''-q'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. 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 ...

Huamalíes Province The Huamalíes Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Llata. Boundaries *North: Huacaybamba Province *East: Leoncio Prado Province *South: Dos de Mayo Province *West: Ancas ...

Tantamayo District Tantamayo (from Quechua ''Tanta Mayu'') is one of eleven districts of the Huamalíes Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Kancha at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups Th ...

. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral'' No. 533/INC on June 18, 2002. Isog lies on the northern slope of the mountain

Susupillo Susupillo is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Tantamayo District. The archaeological site of Susupillo lies on the northern sl ...

which is also the name of the archaeological site south of Isog.

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