Kuntisuyu or Kunti Suyu ( Quechua ''kunti''

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, ''suyu'' region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the

Inca Empire The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, ( Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The adm ...

, "western region") was the

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provincial region of the

. Kuntisuyu was the smallest ''suyu'' of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards

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. Along with

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, it was part of the '' Urin Suyukuna'' or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.

Wamani

Each ''suyu'' was divided into ''wamani'', or provinces. Kuntisuyu included the ''wamani'' of: *

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*Angará *

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or Ariqipa * Atico *Aymara * Camaná, inhabited by the Maje people * Caravelí *Cavana or Qhawana * Chanca or Chanka, also called Andahuayla or Andawaylla. *Chilque, whose people were “Incas by privilege”. * Choclococha or Chuqlluqucha *Chocoruo or Chukurpu * Chumbivilca or Chumpiwillka *Contisuyo or Kuntisuyu, including the Allqa ''(Alca''), Kutawasi ''(

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)'' and Aruni peoples * Cotabamba or Kutapampa *Huanca or Warka, including three ''saya'' * Ica or Ika *

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or Naska * Ocoña or Ukhuña * Parinacocha or Pariwanaqucha * Quechua or Qhichwa * Quilca or Qillqa *Rucana or Ruk'ana *Sora, divided into three ''saya'' * Vilcas or Willka * Yanahuara or Yanawara, whose people were “Incas by privilege” *Yauca or Yawka Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192

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Subdivisions of the Inca Empire {{Pre-columbian-stub

Wamani

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