Effective period / Period of releases: 1984

This artist does not refer to a specific group of named individuals (such as a band or musical group) but rather defines the collective term for indigenous peoples of South America who speak any of the Quechua languages. Most Quechua speakers live in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

Please use this "artist" name (or any language variation thereof, via an ANV) for Kechua, Ketschua, Kichua, Kichwa, Peruano, Quechua, Quétchoua, Quetchua, Quichua, Runa people.

Some historical Quechua peoples are:
The Chanka people, who lived in the Huancavelica, Ayacucho, and Apurímac regions of Peru.
The Huanca people of the Junín Region of Peru, who spoke Quechua before the Incas did.
The Inca, who established the largest empire of the pre-Columbian era.
The Cañari of Ecuador, who adopted the Quechua language from the Inca.
The Chincha, an extinct merchant Kingdom of the Inca Region of Peru.