Inti Watana, Calca

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Inti Watana

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Inti Watana
Location Peru
Region Cusco Region, Calca Province
Coordinates 13°24′51.8″S71°50′39.3″W / 13.414389°S 71.844250°W / -13.414389; -71.844250 Coordinates: 13°24′51.8″S71°50′39.3″W / 13.414389°S 71.844250°W / -13.414389; -71.844250

Inti Watana or Intiwatana (Quechua) [1] [2] is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Pisac District. [3]

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Calca Province Province in Cusco, Peru

Calca Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Its seat is Calca.

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References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Reloj Solar o Intihuatana de Pisac". Municipalidad Distrital de Pisac.
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