Pukará de Quitor

Pukará de Quitor is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in northern . This stone fortress is located 3 km northwest of the town of , overlooking the valley of the river San Pedro. It was designated a national monument in 1982.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,469 metres (8,100 feet)
  • …is inscribed with “Esta construcción preincaica fue declarada Monumento Nacional en 1982 por constituir un testimonio clave en el desarrollo y la evolución de las comunidades indígenas en la región de Antofagasta.”
  • Description: Preinca fort of Lickan Antai people

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meteor Museum and R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum.
David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 2½ km southeast of Pukará de Quitor.
Pierre cb, Public domain.
is a museum located in , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Pukará de Quitor.
Fflemingl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Catholic church in , Chile. is situated 2½ km southeast of Pukará de Quitor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catarpe.
Pauliponce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km north of Pukará de Quitor.

Pukará de Quitor

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Latitude
-22.89116° or 22° 53′ 28″ south
Longitude
-68.21488° or 68° 12′ 54″ west
Open location code
579H4Q5P+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30061725
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7910907
Wiki­data ID
Q2988995

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Pukará de Quitor” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Пукара де Китор”
  • French: “Pucará de Quitor”
  • Georgian: “პუკარა-დე-კიტორი”
  • German: “Pukará de Quitor”
  • Portuguese: “Pukará de Quitor”
  • Russian: “Пукара-де-Китор”
  • Slovenian: “Pukará de Quitor”
  • Spanish: “Pucará de Quitor”
  • Spanish: “Pukará de Quitor”
  • Ukrainian: “Пукара де Кітор”
  • Ukrainian: “Пукара-де-Кітор”

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