Location | Peru |
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Region | Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Cheto District |
Coordinates | 6°17′6.4″S 77°42′46.6″W / 6.285111°S 77.712944°W / -6.285111; -77.712944 |
Purunllacta[1][2][3] or Purum Llacta[1][4] (Quechua purum, purun savage, wild / wasteland, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation)[5][6] is an archaeological site of the Chachapoya culture in Peru. It is situated in the Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Cheto District, on the mountain of the same name.[1][7] It lies northeast and near the archaeological site of Purunllacta of the Soloco District.[4]
The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 196-INC on April 2, 2003.[1]