Yanaque - Quilcamarca (possibly from
Ancash Quechua
Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay (Waylay), is a Quechua variety spoken in the Peruvian department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to Alfredo Torero).
Classification
The Ancash Quech ...
''yanaqi'' friend,
Quechua ''qillqa'' writing (the act and art of writing), ''marka'' village,
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)]) is an archaeological site in
Peru
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. It is situated in the
Ancash Region
Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...
,
Ocros Province
The Ocros Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:are listed below:
Political division
Ocros is divided into ten districts, which are:
* Acas
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Acas District
Acas District is one of ten districts of the Ocros Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
See also
* Inka Waqanan
* Yanaqi - Qillqamarka
Yanaque - Qui ...
, at a height of about .
Yanaque - Quilcamarca are the names of two villages which were situated on the mountain Yanaque and a neighboring mountain, legendary places which share the same history. The ruins contain rectangular, semi-circular and quadrangular structures of stone and tombs.
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References
* Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001
Archaeological sites in Ancash Region
Archaeological sites in Peru
Tombs in Peru
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