Mawk'allaqta, Paruro

Mawk'allaqta
Location	Peru, Cusco Region, Paruro Province, Paccaritambo District
Region	Andes
Coordinates	13°42′17″S71°58′05″W / 13.70472°S 71.96806°W Coordinates: 13°42′17″S71°58′05″W / 13.70472°S 71.96806°W

Last updated April 23, 2019

Mawk'allaqta or Mawk'a Llaqta^[1] (Quechua mawk'a ancient, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation),^[2] "ancient place", hispanicized and mixed spellings Mauka Llacta, Mauka Llaqta, Maukallaqta) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Paruro Province, Paccaritambo District,^[3] near Mullipampa (Mollebamba).^[4]

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 west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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References

↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: Mawk'a Llaqta
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): mawk'a, thanta - adj. Usado, -da. Gastado y deslucido por el uso. || Antiguo, lo que ya pasó de moda. Mawk'a.llaqta - s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. || s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. || s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. || s. Pueblo. || s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.
↑ mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine . mincetur.gob.pe "Zona Arqueológica de Mauka Llaqta" (in Spanish)
↑ maukallaqtacusconet "Maukallaqta la Ciudad de los Hermanos Ayar" (in Spanish)

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[1] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: Mawk'a Llaqta

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): mawk'a, thanta - adj. Usado, -da. Gastado y deslucido por el uso. || Antiguo, lo que ya pasó de moda. Mawk'a.llaqta - s País. Nación, región, provincia o territorio, pueblo pequeño. || s. Nación. Conjunto de los habitantes de un territorio. || s. Patria. Lugar, ciudad o país en que se ha nacido. || s. Pueblo. || s. Urbe. Ciudad, en especial populosa.

[3] tur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine . mincetur.gob.pe "Zona Arqueológica de Mauka Llaqta" (in Spanish)

[4] ukallaqtacusconet "Maukallaqta la Ciudad de los Hermanos Ayar" (in Spanish)