Inka Pukara (Cochabamba)

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Inka Pukara
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Inka Pukara
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,422 m (14,508 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°52′30″S66°29′15″W / 17.87500°S 66.48750°W / -17.87500; -66.48750 Coordinates: 17°52′30″S66°29′15″W / 17.87500°S 66.48750°W / -17.87500; -66.48750  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Inka Pukara (Aymara and Quechua Inka Inca, pukara fortress, [2] [3] "Inka fortress", also spelled Inca Pucara) is a 4,422-metre-high (14,508 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Arque Province, Tacopaya Municipality, southeast of Tacopaya. [1] [4]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

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.

Pukara ruin of fortifications made by the natives of the central Andean cultures

Pukara is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area. In some cases, these sites acted as temporary fortified refuges during periods of increased conflict, while other sites show evidence for permanent occupation. Emerging as a major site type during the Late Intermediate Period, the pukara form was adopted in some areas by the Inca military in contested borderlands of the Inca Empire. The Spanish also referred to the Mapuche earthen forts built during the Arauco War in the 16th and 17th centuries by this term.

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Pukara (Potosí)

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Tacopaya". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.


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