Machu Pirqa ( Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, ''pirqa'' wall,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "old wall", hispanicized spelling ''Machupirca'') is an archaeological site of the Chachapoyas culture in Peru. It is located in the

Amazonas Region Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas. With a lands ...

Chachapoyas Province Chachapoyas is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. The province of Chachapoyas was a part of the department of Trujillo (according to the supreme decree of February 12, 1821) being its capital the city of Chachapoyas. After the department ...

, Magdalena District. Machu Pirqa is situated at a height of about on the left bank of the river Kuntichaka ''(Condechaca)'', an affluent of the

Utcubamba River Utcubamba (hispanicized spelling) or Utkhupampa ( Quechua ''utkhu'' cotton, ''pampa'' a large plain,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) " ...

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