Calca

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Calca is a small Andean town in Peru’s Sacred Valley, known for its traditional Quechua culture and proximity to Inca archaeological sites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
continent South America
country Peru
elevation high-altitude Andean town
hasCulturalRegion Andean civilization
surface form: Andean culture
hasEconomicSector agriculture
tourism
hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture Inca Empire
surface form: Inca civilization
hasReligiousTradition Andean Catholic syncretism
hasTraditionalActivity agriculture
small-scale farming
textile weaving
knownFor proximity to Inca archaeological sites
traditional Quechua culture
languageSpoken Quechua
Spanish
locatedIn Sacred Valley
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Calca Province
Cusco Region
locatedInMountainRange Andes
locatedNear Cusco
Pisac
Urubamba
partOf Calca Province
Sacred Valley
surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
regionType Andean region
tourismType cultural tourism
rural tourism

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Sacred Valley nearCity Calca