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{{Short description|Suyu of the Incan Empire}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|subdivision            = [[Suyu (Inca Empire)|Suyu]]
|nation                 = [[Inca Empire]]
|year_start             = 1438
|year_end               = 1535
|event_end              = [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|Spanish conquest]]
|era                    = [[Pre-Columbian Peru]]
|image_map              = TawantinSuyu KuntiSuyu.png
|image_map_caption      = Kuntisuyu within the [[Inca Empire]]
|s1                     = Viceroyalty of Peru
|flag_s1                = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg
|Divisions              = [[#Wamani|Wamani]]
}}
'''Kuntisuyu''' or '''Kunti Suyu''' ([[Quechua language|Quechua]] ''kunti'' [[west]], ''suyu'' region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the [[Inca Empire]],<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)</ref> "western region"; {{langx|es|Contisuyo}}) was the [[Ordinal directions|southwestern]] provincial region of the [[Inca Empire]]. Kuntisuyu was the smallest ''suyu'' of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards [[Cusco]].<ref>D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 86-87</ref> Along with [[Qullasuyu]], it was part of the ''[[Inca_Government#Organization_of_the_empire|Urin Suyukuna]]'' or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.<ref>D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86-89</ref><ref>Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192</ref>

[[File:Banner of the Kunti Suyu (1979).svg | thumb | right | Wiphala of the Kuntisuyu]]

==Wamani==
[[File:Inca Empire South America.png|thumb|right|The four ''suyus'' of the Inca empire. Kuntisuyu appears in orange.]]
Each ''suyu'' was divided into ''wamani'', or provinces. Kuntisuyu included the ''wamani'' of:
*[[Acarí District|Acari]]
*Angará
*[[Arequipa]] or Ariqipa
*[[Atico District|Atico]]
*Aymara
*[[Camaná Province|Camaná]], inhabited by the Maje people
*[[Caravelí]]
*Cavana or Qhawana
*[[Chanka people|Chanca]] or Chanka, also called [[Andahuaylas|Andahuayla]] or Andawaylla.
*Chilque, whose people were “Incas by privilege”.
*[[Lake Choclococha|Choclococha]] or Chuqlluqucha
*Chocoruo or Chukurpu
*[[Chumbivilcas Province|Chumbivilca]] or Chumpiwillka
*Contisuyo or Kuntisuyu, including the Allqa ''(Alca''), Kutawasi ''([[Cotahuasi]])'' and Aruni peoples
*[[Cotabambas Province|Cotabamba]] or Kutapampa
*Huanca or Warka, including three ''saya''
*[[Ica Region|Ica]] or Ika
*[[Nazca Province|Nazca]] or Naska
*[[Ocoña River|Ocoña]] or Ukhuña
*[[Parinacochas Province|Parinacocha]] or Pariwanaqucha
*[[Quechua people|Quechua]] or Qhichwa
*[[Quilca District|Quilca]] or Qillqa
*Rucana or Ruk'ana
*Sora, divided into three ''saya''
*[[Vilca District|Vilcas]] or Willka
*[[Yanahuara District|Yanahuara]] or Yanawara, whose people were “Incas by privilege”
*Yauca or Yawka
<ref>D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86-89</ref><ref>Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192</ref>

==See also==
*[[Inca_Government#Organization_of_the_empire|Organization of the Inca Empire]]

==References==
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