Qhapaq Ñan

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Inca road system archaeological site network cultural route road system

Qhapaq Ñan is the vast Andean road system built by the Inca civilization, spanning thousands of kilometers to connect major centers across their mountainous empire.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Inca road system (Qhapaq Ñan) 0 2
Inca road network 0 1
Inca road system 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca road system →
archaeological site network →
cultural route →
road system →
approximateLength over 30000 kilometers →
builtBy Inca Empire →
Inca Empire →
surface form: Inca civilization
connects Cusco →
Quito →
Santiago →
various Inca provincial centers →
connectsTo Amazonian foothill routes →
coastal routes →
country Argentina →
Bolivia →
Chile →
Colombia →
Ecuador →
Peru →
endPoint Maule Region →
surface form: Maule River region
follows Andes →
surface form: Andes mountain range
hasPart Inca administrative centers →
Inca bridges →
Inca causeways →
Inca stairways →
Inca storage facilities →
Inca tambos →
Inca tunnels →
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site →
highestElevation over 5000 meters above sea level →
languageOfName Quechua →
locatedIn Andes →
South America →
mainAxis north–south →
meaningOfName royal road →
period Late Horizon →
secondaryAxis east–west →
significantFor Andean cultural heritage →
pre-Columbian engineering →
startPoint Quito basin →
surface form: Quito region
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural →
UNESCOSiteID 1459 →
UNESCOSiteType serial property →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2014 →
usedBy Inca Empire →
surface form: Inca state
usedFor administration →
communication →
military movement →
trade →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urubamba River → associatedWith → Qhapaq Ñan →
this entity surface form: Inca road network
Andean Late Horizon → hasFeature → Qhapaq Ñan →
this entity surface form: Inca road system (Qhapaq Ñan)
Inca Empire → hasPart → Qhapaq Ñan →
Inca Trail → partOf → Qhapaq Ñan →
this entity surface form: Inca road system
Collasuyu → partOfRoadSystem → Qhapaq Ñan →
Inca Empire → roadSystemName → Qhapaq Ñan →
Huayna Capac → usedInstitution → Qhapaq Ñan →
this entity surface form: Inca road system (Qhapaq Ñan)