Kuntisuyu or Kunti Suyu (
Quechua ''kunti''
west
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Etymology
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, ''suyu'' region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the
Inca Empire
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, "western region"; ) was the
southwestern provincial region of the
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...
. Kuntisuyu was the smallest ''suyu'' of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards
Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department.
The city was the cap ...
. Along with
Qullasuyu, 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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Acari
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*Angará
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Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara language, Aymara and ), also known by its nicknames of ''Ciudad Blanca'' (Spanish for "White City") and ''León del Sur'' (Spanish for "South's Lion"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous Arequipa (province), ...
or Ariqipa
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Atico
*Aymara
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Camaná, inhabited by the Maje people
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Caravelí
*Cavana or Qhawana
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Chanca or Chanka, also called
Andahuayla or Andawaylla.
*Chilque, whose people were “Incas by privilege”.
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Choclococha or Chuqlluqucha
*Chocoruo or Chukurpu
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Chumbivilca or Chumpiwillka
*Contisuyo or Kuntisuyu, including the Allqa ''(Alca''), Kutawasi ''(
Cotahuasi)'' and Aruni peoples
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Cotabamba or Kutapampa
*Huanca or Warka, including three ''saya''
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Ica or Ika
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Nazca or Naska
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Ocoña or Ukhuña
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Parinacocha or Pariwanaqucha
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Quechua or Qhichwa
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Quilca or Qillqa
*Rucana or Ruk'ana
*Sora, divided into three ''saya''
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Vilcas or Willka
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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]
See also
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Organization of the Inca Empire
References
Subdivisions of the Inca Empire
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