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Archaeological site in Peru
T'akaq
Stone structures at the archaeological site of T'akaq on the mountain of the same name
Highest point
Elevation4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Coordinates9°49′40″S 76°36′55″W / 9.82778°S 76.61528°W / -9.82778; -76.61528
Geography
T'akaq is located in PeruT'akaqT'akaqPeru, Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province

T'akaq (Quechua t'akay to scatter, to spread, -q a suffix, "scattered, spread / the one that scatters", Hispanicized spellings Tacacc, Tacaj), Takaq (Quechua takay to hit, "hit / the one that hits") or T'aqaq (Quechua t'aqay to separate, "separated / the one that separates") is a nearly 4,000-metre-high (13,123 ft) mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Chavinillo District, near Chavinillo.

  • Huayuculano and Huacuto as seen from the archaeological site of T'akaq Huayuculano and Huacuto as seen from the archaeological site of T'akaq

See also

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yarowilca Province (Huánuco Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001
  4. "Turismo". Municipalidad Provincial de Yarowilca. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
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