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.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Inca military and administrative structure
- Also known as: “tambo” and “Tambo Inca”
Tambo
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ullúm Department, San Juan, Cuyo, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-31.37885° or 31° 22′ 44″ south
Longitude
-68.83457° or 68° 50′ 4″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
47WHJ5C8+F5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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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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