Usnu (

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 ...

for

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/ a special platform for important celebrations,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 also spelled ''Ushnu'') is an archaeological site in

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. It is located 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 Hu ...

, Pachitea Province, Umari District, at a height of about .mincetur.gob.pe
"Parque arqueológico Ushnu", retrieved on February 10, 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Usnu, Huanuco Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Huánuco Region