Cuntisuyu

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Cuntisuyu was one of the four main administrative and territorial divisions of the Inca Empire, located to the southwest of Cusco.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Contisuyu 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca administrative division
Inca territorial division
administrativeCenter Cusco
associatedWithCulture Inca people
surface form: Inca civilization
borders Chinchaysuyu
Collasuyu
capital Cusco
contains Inca provincial centers
Inca road system segments
directionFromCusco southwest
endCause Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
governedBy Inca Empire
surface form: Inca state
hasGovernmentType imperial province
locatedInPresentDay Peru
locatedInRegion Andes
locatedSouthwestOf Cusco
meaningOfName southwest quarter
nameLanguage Quechua
oneOf Inca Empire
surface form: Tawantinsuyu

four suyus
partOf Inca Empire
partOfConcept fourfold division of Inca Empire
religion Inca religion
subdivisionOf Inca Empire
surface form: Tawantinsuyu
timePeriod 15th century
16th century
Late Horizon
usedFor administration
labor conscription
tax collection

Referenced by (6)

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

Chinchaysuyu borderedBy Cuntisuyu
this entity surface form: Contisuyu
Collasuyu borders Cuntisuyu
Chinchaysuyu comparedWith Cuntisuyu
this entity surface form: Contisuyu
Antisuyu sisterRegion Cuntisuyu
Inca Empire suyu Cuntisuyu