Inka (La Paz)

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Inka
Highest point
Coordinates 16°28′56″S67°49′49″W / 16.48222°S 67.83028°W / -16.48222; -67.83028 Coordinates: 16°28′56″S67°49′49″W / 16.48222°S 67.83028°W / -16.48222; -67.83028
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Inka (Aymara and Quechua for Inca, [1] Hispanicized spelling Inca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality. Inka lies north-east of the mountain Mururata and south-east of the mountain Wanakuni. [2]

Aymara language native language in South America

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Inca Empire empire in pre-Columbian America

The Inca Empire, also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Its political and administrative structure is considered by most scholars to have been the most developed in the Americas before Columbus' arrival. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilization arose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. Its last stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572.

Cordillera Real (Bolivia) mountain range

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. "Yanacachi". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014. (unnamed)