Kuelap
The fortress of Kuelap, associated with the Chachapoyas culture, consists of massive exterior stone walls containing more than four hundred buildings near Chachapoyas city in Amazonas.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,800 metres (5,920 feet)
- …is also known as “Quebrada Kuelap”
- Description: archaeological site
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Latitude
-6.4231° or 6° 25′ 23″ south
Longitude
-77.9107° or 77° 54′ 39″ west
Open location code
6754H3GQ+QP
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Kuelap” goes by many names.
KuelapAfrikaans
KuelapAzerbaijani
КуэлапBelarusian
কুয়েলাপ দুর্গBengali
KuélapCatalan
奎拉普Chinese
魁拉Chinese
KuélapCzech
CuélapHungarian
KuélapHungarian
KuélapIndonesian
KuelapKotava
KuelapasLithuanian
KuélapQuechua
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