Mawk'allaqta, Espinar

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Mawk'allaqta
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Espinar Province
Region Andes
Coordinates 14°55′30″S71°33′58″W / 14.92500°S 71.56611°W / -14.92500; -71.56611 Coordinates: 14°55′30″S71°33′58″W / 14.92500°S 71.56611°W / -14.92500; -71.56611

Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta [1] (Quechua mawk'a ancient, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), [2] "ancient place", hispanicized spellings Maukallacta, Maukallaqta, Mauk'allaqta) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, on the border of the districts Coporaque and Suykutambo. Mawk'allaqta is situated on the banks of the Hank'amayu and the Apurímac River [3] [4] at a height of 3,915 metres (12,844 ft). [5]

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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.

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Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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References

  1. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: Mawk'a Llaqta
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): mawk'a, thanta - adj. Usado, -da. Gastado y deslucido por el uso. || Antiguo, lo que ya pasó de moda. Mawk'a.llaqta - s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. || s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. || s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. || s. Pueblo. || s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.
  3. ↑ mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine . mincetur.gob.pe "Zona Arqueológica de Maukallaqta" (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ rupestreweb.info Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres arcaicas de la provincia de Espinar, Cusco (in Spanish, abstract in English)
  5. ↑ perutoptours.com Complejo Arqueológico de Maukallaqta - Mauk'allacta - Maukallacta (in Spanish)


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