Chancas

Also known as Chanca

The Chanka (or Chanca) were an ethnic group living in Pre-Columbian South America, whose chiefdom was part of the Chanka "confederation": a loose defensive alliance of various chiefdoms, such as the Vilcas, the Huancas, the Chancas, and the Poqras.

Key facts

Country.image_map: Ubicación Chanka.png
Country.map_caption: Approximate territory of the Chanka confederation
Country.capital: Auquimarca or Huaman Karpa
Country.demonym: Chanka chiefdom
Country.government_type: Chiefdom inside loose defensive confederation
Country.event1: Creation
Country.date_event1: 1100
Country.event2: Inca conquest
Country.date_event2: 1438
Country.event3: Alliance with the Spanish
Country.date_event3: 1533
Country.p1: Wari Empire

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Chancas var ett tidigare sydamerikanskt indianfolk. Man besegrade , men kom till slut att absorberas i inkariket efter de stridigheter som kom till stånd mellan chancas och inkafolket (som då hade fått stöd från quechuaindianerna). Chancas var ett aymaratalande folk.

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