Charca people

The Charca people were an indigenous peoples who spoke an Aymaran language that inhabited the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia prior to the arrival of the Spaniards. They were subjects of the Inca Empire and suffered incursions of the Chiriguanos.

Portuguese conquistador Aleixo Garcia is believed to be the first Caucasian person to make contact with the Charcas in the year 1525.

The city of Sucre was founded in 1538 in Charcas land.

External links

Sucre's background in the World Heritage List

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Language	Nahuatl	Mayan languages	Muysccubun	Quechua
Writing	Script	Script	Numerals	Quipu
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Infrastructure	Chinampas	Architecture	Architecture Agriculture	Architecture (road system) Agriculture
History	History		History	Inca history Neo-Inca State
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See also
Portal:Indigenous peoples of North America Portal:Mesoamerica Columbian Exchange Mesoamerican writing systems Native American cuisine Native American pottery Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre‑Columbian art Painting in the Americas before European colonization

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