Vilcabamba District is one of fourteen

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of the

La Convención Province LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...

in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), 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 Dios and Puno ...

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. The capital of the province is the Centro Poblado Lucma, which has an elevation of . Vitcos was an important city of the

Neo-Inca State The Neo-Inca State, also known as the Neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba, was the Inca state established in 1537 at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba by Manco Inca Yupanqui (the son of Inca emperor Huayna Capac). It is considered a rump state of the Inca ...

(1537-1572). Its ruins are now preserved as Rosaspata and Nusta Hisp'ana (the "White Rock"). The capital of the Neo-Inca state, also called Vilcabamba, is located in neighboring Echarate District. Its ruins are also known as Espiritu Pampa.

Geography

The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: Most of the peaks listed rise to more than elevation above sea level. Vilcabamba Archaeological site Nusta Hispana

Vilcabamba Archaeological site Nusta Hispana

The Apurímac River is the natural border between the Vilcabamba District and the

Ayacucho Region Ayacucho (), known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, 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 1980 ...

. Within the district it receives waters from Hatun Wayq'u.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly

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citizens of

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

descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (64.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.53% 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 countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

language (

2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivie ...

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

References

Districts of the La Convención province {{Cusco-geo-stub

Geography

Ethnic groups

See also

References