Inkawasi is one of fourteen

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La Convención Province La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that promin ...

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Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

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. The district has an area of and a population in 2017 of 4,285. The capital of the district is Amaybamba with a population of 646 in 2017 and located at an elevation of . Google Earth Incawasi is in the drainage basin of the Apurimac River, one of the major upstream sources of the

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. Incawasi was created on November 19, 2014, by Law No. 30265.El Peruano, Normas Legales, Miercoles 19 de Noviembre de 2014, Ley No. 30265 It is bordered to the north and to the east by the Vilcabamba District of the La Convención Province, to the south by the

Huanipaca District Huanipaca District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Ampay at located in the Ampay National Sanctuary. Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The pe ...

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Abancay Province The Abancay Province is one of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Abancay. Boundaries *North: Cusco Region *East: Cotabambas Province, Grau Province *South: Aymaraes Province, Antabamba ...

, and the

Pacobamba District Pacobamba District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90 ...

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Andahuaylas Province Andahuaylas Province is the second largest of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Andahuaylas. The province is located in the north-western part of the region and measures . Boundaries * ...

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, and to the west and northwest by the Chungui District of the

La Mar Province La Mar Province is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861. Geography One of the highest mountains of the province is Rasuwillka at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: ...

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Ayacucho Region Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...

. The territory of the Inkawasi District formerly belonged to the Vilcabamba District.

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