Huancarqui District
district in Arequipa, Peru
Huancarqui (Spanish: [waŋˈkaɾki]; Quechua: Wankarki) is a district of Castilla, a province of the department of Arequipa, Peru. Its capital is the populated centre of the same name.
Etymology
The district's name, also written "Guancarqui" up until 1800, come from the Quechua words Huancar, meaning "drum", and Canque, meaning "you".
History
Huancarqui is one of the oldest settlements in the province of Castilla, having been populated since pre-Inca times. It is presumed that the first Spaniards who arrived founded the town on Inca cemeteries. According to Spanish chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega, the Incas that conquered the region under Cápac Yupanqui in 1000 AD made it into their local headquarters in order to be able to conquer local rival groups. The arrival of these Incas allowed for a unique development of a mixed culture descended from the Wari, Tiwanaku and Inca cultures, as well as the Spanish culture that would arrive later.
At the time the arrival of the Spanish in 1549, the area was inhabited by the Collaguas and Cabanas, two Kunti ethnic groups, as recorded by Martín López de Carvajal, a Conquistador originating from Extremadura, as well as one of the founders of Arequipa, who arrived to the area under direct orders of the Viceroy of Peru. On April 19, 1813, Huancarqui's town hall was established. It was led by an Alcalde ordinario, who oversaw five other people.
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