Parinacocha

In 1337 Parinacocha was a local chiefdom around a highland lake in Ayacucho, west of the Sara Sara volcano. The lake's name combined the Aymara word for flamingo with the Quechua word for lake.

In the 15th century the Inca absorbed Parinacocha as a province of Kuntisuyu. Inca ruler Pachacuti's reign was conventionally dated to 1438–1471. A local curaca governed under an Inca apu, and colonists arrived from other provinces. The Inca village of Inkawasi stood on the lake's northwestern shore.