Abancay was already a populated area before the
arrival of the Incas. It was the frontier of the Quechua-Inca cultural
influence area of the Chancas, an ethnic native group of Peru. Its name comes
from a flower native to the region called Amankay. When the Spanish arrived,
they transliterated the word and named the city Abancay, Villa de los Reyes
("Abancay, Town of the Kings"), which was later
