Regional1471 – 1532 · 61 years

Diaguita Resistance to Inca Conquest

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Diaguita region · Argentina · Chile

Diaguita people resisted Inca expansion in northwestern Argentina before Spanish colonization.

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

What happened

The Diaguita, living in northwestern Argentina, resisted Inca conquest through guerrilla warfare and fortified settlement defense. Despite Inca military superiority, Diaguita warriors maintained resistance across generations. Inca ultimately incorporated Diaguita territories but Diaguita culture persisted.

Why it mattered

Diaguita resistance demonstrated that Inca conquest was not inevitable and required sustained military effort. Diaguita cultural resilience influenced Andean colonial development.

Belligerents2

Diaguita peoples
Inca Empire

ON THE MAPInca Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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