CUSCO REGION

'Cusco' (Quechua: ''Qusqu suyu'') is a region in Peru. It is bordered by the Ucayali Region on the north; the Madre de Dios and Puno regions on the east; the Arequipa Region on the south; and the Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín regions on the west. Its capital is the city of Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

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Political division

Trivia

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Political division

The region is divided into 13 provinces (''provincias'', singular: ''provincia''), which are composed of 108 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

★ Acomayo (Acomayo)

★ Anta (Anta, Peru)

★ Calca (Calca)

★ Canas (Yanaoacá)

★ Canchis (Sicuani)

★ Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás)

★ Cusco (Cusco)

★ Espinar (Yauri)

★ La Convención (Quillabamba)

★ Paruro (Paruro)

★ Paucartambo (Paucartambo)

★ Quispicanchi (Urcos)

★ Urubamba (Urubamba)

Trivia

★ The main character in The Emperor's New Groove is named after this city, only it's spelled Kuzco, but it's pronounced the same.

External links

★ Travelogue Cusco Region (Sacred Valley of the Incas)