Location | Peru, Puno Region |
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Region | Andes |
Coordinates | 16°35′12″S 69°15′12″W / 16.58667°S 69.25333°W / -16.58667; -69.25333 |
Tanqa Tanqa (Aymara for beetle,[1] Hispanicized spelling Tanca Tanca, also Tanka Tanka) or Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Chucuito Province, Zepita District.[3] The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru.[3]
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