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Quechua
Quechua people in Conchucos, Peru
Total population
(8 million)
Regions with significant populations
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador.
Languages
Quechua, Spanish
Religion
Catholicism adapted to traditional Andean beliefs
Related ethnic groups
Aymaras

Quechuas is the term used for several ethnic groups in¨South America that use a Quechua language (Southern Quechua mainly). They belong to several ethnic groups in South America, above all in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves - as well as their language Kichwa - Kichwas or Quichuas. The Kichwa-speaking group of Colombia are the Ingas.

Some (historic) Quechua peoples:

  • Inca
  • Chancas (in Huancavelica, Ayacucho y Apurímac)
  • Huancas (in Junín; spoke Quechua before the Incas did)
  • Cañaris (in Ecuador; adopted the Quechua language from the Incas)

Images for kids

  • Peru - Cusco 105 - school traditional dance festival (8149453127)

    A traditional dance festival

  • QuechuaWoman

    Quechua woman with llamas (Cusco Department, Peru)

  • Wool spinning family Peru.

    Quechua woman with children (2011).

  • Gwalpaca

    Girl with indigenous clothing in the streets of Cusco.

  • Hilaria Supa Huamán

    Hilaria Supa, human rights activist and Peruvian politician

  • Quechuawomanandchild

    Quechua woman and child in the Sacred Valley, Peru

  • Kichwa Ecua 06

    Quechua woman (Puruhá), Ecuador, neighborhood of Alausí (Chimborazo province)

  • WomanInCusco

    (1998)

  • Mujeres aymara con siku y caja - flickr-photos-micahmacallen-85524669 (CC-BY-SA)

    (Bolivia)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quechuas para niños

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