Quechua people

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The Quechua people are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Andes, descendants of the Inca, known for their Quechua language, highland agriculture, and rich textile and musical traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Quechua people canonical 42
Quechua peoples 12
Quechua culture 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
agriculturalTechnique irrigation canals
terrace farming
ancestry Inca Empire
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
culturalPractice ayni reciprocity
communal labor
culturalRegion Central Andes
linked to: Andes

Southern Andes
linked to: Andes
deity Inti
Pachamama
ethnicity Quechua
festival Inti Raymi
Qoyllur Rit'i
historicalLanguageOfEmpire Inca Empire
language Quechua language
linked to: Quechua
languageFamily Quechuan languages
mythology Andean cosmology
populationStatus largest Indigenous group in South America
primaryRegion Andes
recognizedAs Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
Indigenous peoples in Peru
religion Andean indigenous religion
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditionalClothing chullo hat
pollera skirt
poncho
traditionalCraft backstrap loom weaving
textile weaving
traditionalCrop maize
potato
quinoa
traditionalEconomy highland agriculture
traditionalHousing adobe houses
traditionalInstrument charango
quena
zampoña
traditionalLivestock alpaca
llama
traditionalMusic panpipe music
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altiplano plateau inhabitedBy Quechua people
Runasimi ethnolinguisticGroup Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Wiphala usedBy Quechua people
Wiphala hasCulturalOrigin Quechua culture
linked to: Quechua people
Kichwa people relatedEthnicGroup Quechua people
Runashimi spokenBy Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Northwestern Argentina hasEthnicGroup Quechua peoples
subject linked to: northwestern Argentina
linked to: Quechua people
Calca hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Chinchero hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Chinchero archaeological site associatedWith Quechua communities
linked to: Quechua people
Dina Boluarte hasEthnicBackground Andean Peruvian
linked to: Quechua people
Taquile Island hasIndigenousCommunity Quechua people
Amantaní Island ethnicGroup Quechua people
Andes cultural area includesCulture Quechua cultures
linked to: Quechua people
Isla del Sol ethnicGroup Quechua people
Huancavelica Region ethnicGroup Quechua people
Andean region historicallyInhabitedBy Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Pachamama veneratedBy Quechua people
Andean mythology associatedWithPeople Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Vilcabamba associatedWithEthnicGroup Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Huarochirí Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Cajamarca Region containsEthnicGroup Quechua people
Andean languages ethnicGroup Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Saraguro Kichwa subgroupOf Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
western Bolivia hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Salasaca people ethnolinguisticGroup Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Indigenous Kichwa relatedEthnicGroup Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Canas Province hasIndigenousPeople Quechua people
Apurímac Region languageGroup Quechua people
Ollagüe indigenousPresence Quechua people
subject linked to: village of Ollagüe
Espinar Province containsEthnicGroup Quechua people
Killa Island hasSacredStatusFor Quechua people
Uros people neighboringGroup Quechua people
Inti Raymi associatedEthnicGroup Quechua people
Lake Titicaca region inhabitedBy Quechua people
Paruro Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Calca Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Puno Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Canchis Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Chumbivilcas Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Chumbivilcas Province hasCulturalHeritage Quechua culture
linked to: Quechua people
Colla ethnicallyRelatedTo Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
Quispicanchi Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people