Qullasuyu ( Quechua and Aymara spelling, ; ''Collasuyu, Kholla Suyu''; ) was the southeastern 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 ...

. Qullasuyu is the region of the

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and related specifically to the native Qulla

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who primarily resided in areas such as

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and

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. Most Aymara territories which are now largely incorporated into the modern South American states of northern

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and the Argentine northwest were annexed during the reign of

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from ; ) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu'' "the region of the four rovinces), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba. While the origins ...

Huayna Cápac in the sixteenth century. Recently, there have been movements to form a "Greater Qullasuyu" (or Qullana Suyu Marka) which would incorporate a territory similar to the former

Tawantinsuyu 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 Inca civilisation rose fr ...

in extent. This ideal has been proposed by the office of the Apu Mallku and the parliament of the Qullana. Qullasuyu was the largest of the four ''suyu'' (or "quarters", the largest divisions of the Inca empire) in terms of area. This ''suyu'' encompassed the Bolivian

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and much of the southern Andes, running down into northwest Argentina and as far south as the Maule river near modern Santiago, Chile. Along with Kuntisuyu, it was part of the '' Hurin Suyukuna'' or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.

Etymology

From Quechua, composite of ''qulla'' (meaning

south South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

, but also the namesake people) and '' suyu'' (region, quarter of the

), with the meaning of "southern region".

Wamani

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

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or Arika *Cana or Kana *Canche or Kanche *Caranga or Karanka *Caruma *Cavina or Kawina, whose people were “Incas by privilege” *Chicha *

or Quchapampa *Collagua *Lipe * Locumba * Lupaqa *

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* Pacajes or Pacasa *Qolla Urcosuyu or Qulla Urqusuyu *Sama *Tambo or Tampu * Tarata *Ubina *Yampará or Yampara Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192

References

Subdivisions of the Inca Empire Qulla {{Pre-Columbian-stub

Etymology

Wamani

See also

References