Chinchaysuyu

E63267
Inca quarter region of the Inca Empire

Chinchaysuyu was the northwestern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing coastal and highland regions that are now parts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chinchaysuyu canonical 6
Chinchasuyu 1
Chinchaysuyu (Quechua orthography) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca quarter ⓘ
region of the Inca Empire ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf northern provinces of the Inca Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Antisuyu ⓘ
Collasuyu ⓘ
Cuntisuyu ⓘ
surface form: Contisuyu
capital Riobamba ⓘ
surface form: Tumebamba
comparedWith Antisuyu ⓘ
Collasuyu ⓘ
Cuntisuyu ⓘ
surface form: Contisuyu
contains parts of the Inca road system ⓘ
sections of the Qhapaq Ñan ⓘ
dissolvedBy Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
surface form: Chinchasuyu
hasAlternativeTransliteration Chinchaysuyu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chinchaysuyu (Quechua orthography)
hasPosition northwestern quarter of the Inca Empire ⓘ
hasRegionType coastal region ⓘ
highland region ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Horizon of Andean chronology ⓘ
includesTerritoryOf Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
integratedPeoples Cañari ⓘ
Chimu culture ⓘ
surface form: Chimú

Quitu ⓘ
various coastal and highland ethnic groups ⓘ
knownFor coastal trade networks ⓘ
dense population ⓘ
highland terrace farming ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
languageUsed Puquina ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
various local languages ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
South America ⓘ
majorCity Quito ⓘ
Tumebamba ⓘ
nameEtymology "suyu" means "region" or "quarter" in Quechua ⓘ
derived from Quechua word "chinchay" meaning "north" or "ocelot" ⓘ
partOf Inca Empire ⓘ
Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form: Tawantinsuyu
partOfConcept Tawantinsuyu four suyus ⓘ
religion Inca religion ⓘ
ruledBy Sapa Inca ⓘ
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Inca Empire → suyu → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Realm of the Four Parts → componentRegions → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Chinchaysuyu → hasAlternativeName → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinchasuyu
Chinchaysuyu → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Chinchaysuyu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinchaysuyu (Quechua orthography)
Antisuyu → sisterRegion → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Collasuyu → borders → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Cuntisuyu → borders → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Inca people → administrativeDivision → Chinchaysuyu ⓘ