Kuntisuyu

Kuntisuyu
Suyu of Inca Empire
1438–1535

Kuntisuyu within the Inca Empire
Historical eraPre-Columbian Peru
• Established
1438
1535
Subdivisions
 • TypeWamani
Succeeded by
Viceroyalty of Peru

Kuntisuyu or Kunti Suyu (Quechua kunti west, suyu region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the Inca Empire,[1] "western region"; Spanish: Contisuyo) was the southwestern provincial region of the Inca Empire. Kuntisuyu was the smallest suyu of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards Cusco.[2] Along with Qullasuyu, it was part of the Urin Suyukuna or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.[3][4]

Wiphala of the Kuntisuyu
  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 86-87
  3. ^ D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86-89
  4. ^ Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192

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