Chivay is a town in the Colca valley, capital of the
Caylloma province in the
Arequipa region,
Peru
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. Located at about 3,600 m above sea level (12,000 ft), it lies upstream of the renowned
Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 - 2000 m (3300 - 6600 ft) (whereas bottom is at cca 2000 m and edges are at 3000 - 4000 metres above the sea lev ...
. It has a central town square and an active market. Ten km to the east, and 1,500 metres above the town of Chivay lies the
Chivay obsidian source.
Thermal springs are located 3 km from town; a number of heated pools have been constructed. A stone "Inca" bridge crosses the Colca River ravine, just to the north of the town. The town is a popular staging point for tourists visiting Condor Cross or Cruz Del Condor, where condors can be seen catching thermal uplifts a few kilometres downstream.
File:Inca bridge chivay.jpg, alt=Bridge near Chivay known as the Inca Bridge, "Puente Inca" near Chivay
File:Chivay-market.JPG, Chivay market
File:Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque, Chivey Peru.jpg, Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque in Chivay
File:Bullring.jpg, Ruins of a ring of terraces often incorrectly called a "bullring" or amphitheater; part of the Chivay Ruinas park overlooking Chivay, north side of Rio Colca
See also
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Ankachita
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Q'illu Q'illu
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Uskallaqta
Uskallaqta (Quechua ''uska'' poor, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) other spellings ''Juscallacta, Uscallacta ...
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Warank'anthi
Huarancante (possibly from Aymara) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.
Geography
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Populated places in the Arequipa Region
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