Kashewar Humahuaca

Quebrada de Humahuaca wani kunkuntar tsaunuka ne dake lardin Jujuy a arewa maso yammacin Argentina, kilomita 1,649 (1,025 mi) arewa da Buenos Aires (23°11′59″S 65°20′56″W﻿ / 83.19972°S). Yana da kusan kilomita 155 (96 mi) tsayi, yana fuskantar arewa-kudu, yana iyaka da Altiplano a yamma da arewa, kusa da tsaunukan Sub-Andean a gabas, da kuma kusa da kwaruruka masu dumi (Valles Templados) a kudu.

Sunan quebrada (a zahiri "ya fashewa") ana fassara shi azaman kwarin mai zurfi ko kwari. Ya sami sunansa daga Humahuaca, wani karamin gari mai mazauna 11,000. Kogin Grande (Rio Grande), wanda ya bushe a cikin hunturu, yana gudana sosai ta hanyar Quebrada a lokacin rani.

Yankin koyaushe ya kasance hanyar sadarwa ta tattalin arziki, zamantakewa da al'adu. An zauna aƙalla shekaru 10,000, tun lokacin da aka zauna masu farauta na farko, wanda aka tabbatar da shi ta hanyar raguwar prehistoric. Musamman, yawancin wuraren noma masu bango na dutse, waɗanda ake zaton sun samo asali ne fiye da shekaru 1500 da suka gabata, ana samun su a duk yankin kuma har yanzu ana amfani da su a yau. Tsarin filin yana haɗa jerin garuruwa masu garu da ake kira pucaras. Kwarin daga baya ya zama hanyar motsa jiki ga Daular Inca a karni na 15, sannan kuma muhimmiyar hanyar haɗi tsakanin Mataimakin Río de la Plata da Mataimakin Peru, da kuma mataki don yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa na Yakin Independence na Spain.

An sanya Quebrada de Humahuaca a matsayin wuri mai kariya a shekara ta 2000. An sanya shi a matsayin Gidan Tarihin Duniya na UNESCO a ranar 2 ga Yulin 2003.

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