Contisuyu

Kuntisuyu

Kuntisuyu

Suyu of the Incan Empire

Kuntisuyu or Kunti Suyu (Quechua kunti west, suyu region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the Inca Empire,[1] "western region"; Spanish: Contisuyo) was the southwestern provincial region of the Inca Empire. Kuntisuyu was the smallest suyu of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards Cusco.[2] Along with Qullasuyu, it was part of the Urin Suyukuna or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.[3][4]

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Wamani

The four suyus of the Inca empire. Kuntisuyu appears in orange.

Each suyu was divided into wamani, or provinces. Kuntisuyu included the wamani of:

[5][6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. [2]
    D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 86-87
  3. [3]
    D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86-89
  4. [4]
    Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192
  5. [5]
    D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86-89
  6. [6]
    Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192

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