Aqush

Aqush lies in the mountain country of Sihuas, in northern Peru. An Inca road crossed this highland region, linking settlements among steep valleys and ridges. A sixteenth-century account of Hernando Pizarro’s return journey from Pachacamac mentions a place called Agoa in the Sihuas district, identified locally with Aqush. The old route placed this community within a network that connected the northern Andean highlands to the wider Inca realm.