Wat'a (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

for island,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) Hispanicized spelling ''Huata'') is an archaeological site in

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. It lies in the

Huánuco Region Huánuco (; ) 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 Huánuco. The ...

, Huamalíes Province,

Singa District Singa or Sinqa (Quechua for nose) is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes 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 popu ...

, in the little community of Bella Flores north of Singa. Wat'a is situated at a height of about on top of a mountain which is bordered by the little rivers Tawlli (''Taulli)'' and Aqu ''(Aco)''.

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Archaeological sites in the Department of Huánuco Archaeological sites in Peru {{Peru-archaeology-stub

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