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Tampukancha ( Quechua, '' tampu'' inn, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, Hispanicized ''Tambocancha'', also ''Tambokancha'') is an ancient
Inca 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 ...
n religious center located in Peru. It is located in the
Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
, Anta Province, Zurite District,mincetur.gob.pe
"Zona Arqueológica de Tambocancha" (in Spanish) about 30 miles from Cusco, the historic capital of the Inca Empire.


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