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page 1Subdivisions of the Inca Empire
Collasuyo
Qullasuyu (Quechua and Aymara spelling, ; Collasuyu, Kholla Suyu; ) was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire. Qullasuyu is the region of the Qulla and related specifically to the native Qulla Quechuas who primarily resided in areas such as Cochabamba and Potosí. Most Aymara territories which are now largely incorporated into the modern South American states of northern Chile, Peru, Bolivia and the Argentine Northwest were conquered during the reign of Sapa Inca Huayna Cápac in the sixteenth century.
Antisuyu
Antisuyu ( , ; ) was the eastern part of the Inca Empire which bordered on the modern-day Upper Amazon region which the Anti inhabited. Along with Chinchaysuyu, it was part of the Hanan Suyukuna or "upper quarters" of the empire, constituting half of the Tahuantinsuyu, the "four parts bound together" that comprised the empire.
Contisuyu
Kuntisuyu or Kunti Suyu (Quechua kunti west, suyu region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the Inca Empire, "western region"; ) was the southwestern provincial region of the Inca Empire. Kuntisuyu was the smallest suyu of all and was located along the southern coast of modern Peru, extending into the highlands towards Cusco. Along with Qullasuyu, it was part of the Urin Suyukuna or "Lower Quarters" of the empire.
Chinchay Suyu
division comprising the northwest region of the Inca Empire.