Quinoa originated in the western hemisphere.
Quinoa originated in the Andean region of Peru , Bolivia , Ecuador , Colombia and Chile , and was domesticated 3,000 to 4,000 years ago for human consumption in the Lake Titicaca basin of Peru and Bolivia , though archaeological evidence shows a non-domesticated association with pastoral herding 5,200 to 7,000 years ago .	Andean region	Andes	Peru	Peru	Bolivia	Bolivia	Ecuador	Ecuador	Colombia	Colombia	Chile	Chile	Lake Titicaca	Lake Titicaca
Bolivia -LRB- -LSB- blvi -RSB- -LSB- boliia -RSB- ; Buliwya -LSB- blwja -RSB- Wuliwya -LSB- - allwlwja -RSB- Mborivia -LSB- boija -RSB- -RRB- , officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia -LRB- Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia -RRB- , is a landlocked country located in western-central South America .	landlocked country	landlocked country	South America	South America
Chile , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west .	Andes	Andes
Colombia -LRB- k -RRB- , is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America , with territories in Central America .	sovereign state	sovereign state	South America	South America	territories	Insular region of Colombia
Ecuador -LRB- -LSB- kwdr -RSB- , -LSB- ekwaor -RSB- -RRB- -LRB- Ikwadur -RRB- , officially the Republic of Ecuador -LRB- -LSB- Repblica del Ecuador , -RSB- , which literally translates as `` Republic of the Equator '' ; Ikwadur Ripuwlika -RRB- , is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Colombia on the north , Peru on the east and south , and the Pacific Ocean to the west .	Equator	Equator	representative democratic	representative democratic	South America	South America	Colombia	Colombia	Peru	Peru
Peru , is a country in western South America .	South America	South America
In this sense , the Western Hemisphere consists of the Americas , the western portions of Eurasia and Africa , the extreme eastern tip of Russia , numerous territories in Oceania , and a portion of Antarctica , while excluding some of the Aleutian Islands to the southwest of the Alaskan mainland .	Americas	Americas	Eurasia	Eurasia	Africa	Africa	Russia	Russia	Oceania	Oceania	Antarctica	Antarctica	Aleutian Islands	Aleutian Islands
