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Ingapirca
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Ingapirca (Kichwa: Inka Pirka, "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby.

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Place details

Locality
Ingapirca
Region
Cañar
Country
Ecuador
Population
0

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Ancient site.name
Ingapirca
Ancient site.native_name
Hatun Cañar / Inka Pirka
Ancient site.image
Ecuador ingapirca inca ruins.jpg
Ancient site.alt
Ecuador ingapirca inca ruins
Ancient site.caption
Ingapirca, the temple of the sun
Ancient site.region
Cañar Province
Ancient site.cultures
Inca
Ancient site.public_access
yes
Ancient site.website
http://www.complejoingapirca.gob.ec/

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Ecuador
Located in
Ecuador
Elevation
3123
Image
Ingapirca 03.jpg
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Commons category
Ingapirca
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ingapirca (Kichwa: Inka Pirka, "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby.

These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador. The most significant building is the Temple of the Sun, an elliptically shaped building constructed around a large rock.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ingapirca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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