Wamp'uy

For the Quechua variant, see Quechuan languages.
Wamp'uy
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Camaná Province

Wamp'uy (Quechua for "to navigate, to sail, to travel by boat"[1] Hispanicized spelling Huamboy) is an archaeological site with cemeteries and a village on a hill of the same name in Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Camaná Province, Nicolás de Piérola District. The complex was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 1106/INC on August 4, 2009.[2]

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. "Conjunto arqueológico Huamboy". mincetur. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

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