Quipaipán was the name of the plains west of

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, famous for the

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in 1532 which decided the fate of the

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References

*Rebecca M. Seaman. ''Conflict in the Early Americas: An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire's Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Conquests'' ABC-CLIO, Aug 27, 2013 pg. 183 Landforms of the Department of Cusco Plains of South America {{Cusco-geo-stub