Urubamba Province is one of thirteen

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

in the

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 ...

in the southern highlands of

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Geography

The province is bounded to the north by the

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 ...

, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the

Cusco Province Cusco Province is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into eight distri ...

and the

Anta Province Anta Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the province. The highest peak of the province is Sallqantay at . Other mountains are listed ...

, and to the west by the

. The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into seven

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: * Chinchero ( Chinchero) * Huayllabamba ( Huayllabamba) * Machupicchu ( Machupicchu) * Maras ( Maras) *

Ollantaytambo Ollantaytambo ( qu, Ullantaytampu) is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some by road northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamb ...

(

) * Urubamba ( Urubamba) * Yucay ( Yucay)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

citizens of

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (51.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.78% of the residents started speaking using the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

language ( 2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Archaeological sites

The

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of Machu Pikchu is probably the most famous site among the numerous archaeological remains of the province. Other places are listed below: * Ayawayq'u * Inkapintay * Khichuqaqa *

Machu Q'inti Machu Q'inti (Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, ''q'inti'' hummingbird,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) ''Q'inti'' a place nearby, "old Q'inti", hispanicized spell ...

* Machu Qullqa * Pumamarka * Qurimarka *

Wayna Q'inti Wayna Q'inti (Quechua ''wayna'' young, ''q'inti'' hummingbird,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) ''Q'inti'' a place nearby, "young Q'inti", hispanicized and mixed spe ...

Images

File:102-Yucay.JPG, A view across one of two central parks of Yucay

Sources