Cusco is a
district
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 ...
in the northern
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 ...
within 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 ...
of
Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
. It is bordered by districts of
Ccorca and
Poroy on the west, the provinces of
Anta
Anta may refer to:
Biology
* Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil
* South American tapir, known in Portuguese as ''
* ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Quechua and Choco as ''
Places
* Anta Department, in Salta Province, Argentina
* Anta, a ci ...
, the
Calca, and
Urubamba on the north, the
San Jerónimo District on the east, and the districts of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
and
San Sebastián
San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
to the south.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
Sinqa
Sinqa (Quechua for "nose", Hispanicized spelling ''Sencca'', also Senqa) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru northwest of the city of Cusco. It lies in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, and in the Anta Province, Cachimayo District. ...
at . Other mountains are listed below:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Cusco Province (Cusco Region)]
See also
*
Amaru Marka Wasi
Amaru Marka Wasi, Amarumarcahuasi or Amaromarcaguaci also known as (possibly from Quechua ''amaru'' snake, ''marka'' village, ''wasi'' house)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, ...
*
Qullqanpata
*
Santurantikuy Santurantikuy (Quechua language, Quechua ''santu'' saint (a borrowing from Spanish language, Spanish ''santo''), ''rantikuy'' to buy something only for oneself, "to buy oneself a saint") is a craft fair held annually on December 24 in the central sq ...
*
Warachikuy During the Inca Empire Warachikuy (Quechua) was a ceremony where young men, after undergoing various tests of skill and valor, could receive the official status of an adult man. Today Warachikuy is still an important festival which represents the An ...
References
External links
*
Municipalidad Provincial de Cusco*
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1821 establishments in Peru