Qhapaq Kancha (Quechua qhapaq noble, principal, mighty, kancha corral,[1] "principal corral", hispanicized spelling Ccapac Cancha) is an archaeological site in Peru of the Inca period on top of a mountain of the same name. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Coya District.[2]
^Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua(PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
^"Sitio Arqueológico Ccapac Cancha". mincetur. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
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