Ñawpallaqta or Ñawpa Llaqta (
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
'' ñawpa'' ancient, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "ancient place", Hispanicized and mixed spellings ''Ñaupallacta, Ñaupallaqta'') is an archaeological site in
Peru
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 south and west by the Pac ...
. It lies in the
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho (), known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980 ...
,
Huanca Sancos Province,
Carapo District.
[mincetur.gob.pe]
"Complejo arqueológico de Ñaupallaqta", retrieved on January 28, 2014 The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage ''(Patrimonio Cultural)'' of Peru.
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References
Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in the Department of Ayacucho
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