CHAPTER XII
TTAHUA-NTIN-SUYU
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Cunti-suyu
The official name of the Empire of the Incas was Ttahua-ntin-suyu, the word ttahua meaning four, ntin a collective plural, and suyu province. 'The four combined provinces,' with reference to the dominions west, north, south, and east of the central land of the Incas. The western division was called Cunti-suyu, and included the country from the Apurimac to the maritime cordillera and the coast. Chinchay-suyu was the northern division including Huamanca, the valley of the Jauja, Haunuco, Caxamarca, as far as Quito, with the coast valleys. The Colla-suyu, or southern division, was the basin of Lake Titicaca, and Charcas, as far as Tucuman, Chile, and the valleys of Arequipa, Moquegua, and Tacna. The country to the east of the land of the Incas and all that was known of the Amazonian forests was Anti-suyu.
From a geographical point of view the Cunti-suyu division is formed of three regions west of the Apurimac, within the meridians of 70° and 76° W.,
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