Wat'a ( Quechua for island)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological zone in Peru. 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 ...

, Anta Province,

Huarocondo District Huarocondo District is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.81%) learn ...

, north of Huarocondo.mincetur.gob.pe
"Zona arqueológica de Wata" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 25, 2014drc-cusco.gob.pe
"Zonas y Sitios Arqueológicos de Anta" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 25, 2014 The site consists of five sections, * Wat'aq'asa ''(Wataqasa)'' in the southwest and west of the area, * Willkapata ''(Willcapata)'', east of Wat'aq'asa, * Qhawarina, north of Willkapata * Qullqa, in the extreme east of the archaeological site of Wat'a, * Saksaywaman Pata, northeast of the village Huarocondo. Saksaywaman Pata was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by ''Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 519/INC- 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wata, Cusco Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Cusco Region

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