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- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- 1 2 "Sitio Arqueológico Machupirca". mincetur. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
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