Mitma

The term going to participate (from the Quechua ) refers to the resettlement policy of the Incas in newly conquered territories.

This affected all ethnic groups, who were resettled in some distant regions where culturally different kind of people lived. The goal was the establishment loyal Inca subjects in all parts of the Inca Empire ( Tawantinsuyu ), thus reducing the risks should be curbed by uprisings.

The settlers were called mitmaq ( " newcomer ", " outsider " ), mitmac in hispanisierter form mitimac, mitima or mitimaes (plural, Quechua mitmaqkuna ).

Examples of descendants of Mitmaq are the Saraguros in the Ecuadorian canton Saraguros whose ancestors came from what is now Bolivia, and Quechua groups in the Peruvian department of Lambayeque ( Inkawasi - Kanaris ) derived from KANARI of today's Ecuadorian province Cañar.

From the resettlement policy is to separate the content of the system of tribute performance by labor force ( Mita ).