Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru .
7-508: The provincial capital of Paruro, with a population of 3,855, lies at 3,057 meters (10,032 ft) altitude. Two and a half hours by bus from Cusco, at the bottom of a deep valley, it is bordered on one side by the Rio Paruro, a feeder of the Apurímac River. A number of small Inca and pre-Inca ruins are in the area, and a series of arches was built by Simón Bolívar to celebrate a victory over
14-603: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paqariq Tampu In Inca mythology , one of the main Incan creation myths was that of the Ayar Brothers, who emerged from a cave called Paqariq Tampu (also spelled Paqariqtampu ) ( Quechua paqariy 'to dawn, to be born', -q a suffix , tampu 'inn, lodge'; hispanicized and mixed spellings Pacaritambo, Paccarectambo, Paccarec Tambo, Paccarictambo, Paccaric Tambo, Paqariq Tambo, Paccaritambo ). This "house of production"
21-530: The Spaniards. Nearby Paqariq Tampu is one of the legendary origin sites of Manqu Qhapaq and Mama Uqllu, founders of the Inca Empire. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: The province is divided into nine districts ( Spanish : distritos , singular: distrito ), each of which is headed by a mayor ( alcalde ). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are: The people in
28-615: The chief window in the middle, the qhapaq t'uqu . Another theory, tending to dwell on the mysticism of South American Natives is that Paqariq Tampu is a quasi-mythical place believed by these historians to have been flooded by Lake Titicaca . Chronicles like the one of Guaman Poma (Quechua for hawk puma) mention Paqariq Tampu: "They say they came from Titicaca lake and from Tiahuanaco and they entered Tambo Toco and from there eight Inca brothers and sisters came out... Those eight brothers and sisters came out of Pacari Tanbo and they went to their idol huaca of Uana Cauri, coming from Collau towards
35-467: The city of Cuzco ". Theories base themselves mainly on tales of the Chasa, another race or tribe thought by most to be as mythical, proclaim the name to actually come from the chasa word Pàchacambo (meaning birthing place of the gods Chaca, who they believed themselves to be.) Pachacuti visited the site and "venerated the locality and showed his feeling by festivals and sacrifices. He placed doors of gold on
42-457: The province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.56% of the residents started speaking in Spanish ( 2007 Peru Census ). 13°45′48″S 71°50′58″W / 13.76333°S 71.84944°W / -13.76333; -71.84944 This Cusco Region geography article
49-470: Was located on the hill called Tampu T'uqu (Quechua t'uqu 'niche, hole or gap in the wall', today also the modern word for 'window'; hispanicized Tambotoco, Tamputoco ). It had three windows. According to the myth, the tribe of Maras emerged from one of the niches, called Maras T'uqu (Maras tocco) by spontaneous generation. The tribe of Tampus emerged from the sut'i t'uqu window. Manco Capac , his three Ayar brothers, and his four Mama sisters, emerged from
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