Tambo

A tambo was an Inca structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along the extensive roads, tambos typically contained supplies, served as lodging for itinerant state personnel, and were depositories of quipu-based accounting records.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Inca military and administrative structure
  • Also known as: “tambo” and “Tambo Inca”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Tambo

Latitude
-31.37885° or 31° 22′ 44″ south
Longitude
-68.83457° or 68° 50′ 4″ west
Open location code
47WHJ5C8+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 732791590
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1520970
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Tambo” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “tambo”
  • Catalan: “Tambo”
  • Chinese: “坦博”
  • Dutch: “Tambo”
  • Finnish: “tambo”
  • Finnish: “Tambo”
  • French: “Tambo”
  • German: “Tambo”
  • Hebrew: “טמפו”
  • Italian: “Tambo”
  • Japanese: “タンプ”
  • Macedonian: “Тамбо”
  • Polish: “Tambo (struktura inkaska)”
  • Portuguese: “Tambo (arquitetura)”
  • Portuguese: “Tambo”
  • Spanish: “tambo”
  • Spanish: “Tambo”
  • Turkish: “tambo”
  • Ukrainian: “Тамбо”

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