Urin Chanka

The Urin Chanka were the lower half of the Chanka people, based around Andahuaylas in the Apurímac highlands. Their centre was Huaman Karpa, near the sanctuary of Sondor.

In 1438 the Hanan Chanka attacked Cusco and were defeated at Yawarpampa. Accounts differ on whether the Urin Chanka submitted peacefully or were conquered by the Incas. The Chanka later supported Huáscar in the Inca civil war and, after the Spanish invasion, served Túpac Hualpa's short-lived government at Cusco.