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Department of Cuzco

Index Department of Cuzco

Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (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. [1]

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  1. 57 relations: Acomayo, Acomayo Province, Administrative divisions of Peru, Anta Province, Asháninka language, Aymara language, Barley, Calca Province, Calca, Peru, Canas Province, Canchis Province, Chumbivilcas Province, Cusco, Cusco Province, Cuzco Quechua language, Department of Apurímac, Department of Arequipa, Department of Ayacucho, Department of Junín, Department of Loreto, Department of Madre de Dios, Department of Puno, Department of Ucayali, Espinar Province, Gold, Gross domestic product, Inca Empire, La Convención Province, Lupinus, Machiguenga Communal Reserve, Machu Picchu, Maize, Megantoni National Sanctuary, Otishi National Park, Paruro, Paruro Province, Paucartambo Province, Paucartambo, Paucartambo, Peru, Plaza de Armas (Cusco), Potato, Quechuan languages, Quillabamba, Quinoa, Quispicanchi Province, Raul Geller, Regional Government of Cuzco, Regions of Peru, Southern Quechua, Spanish language, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. Cusco Region
  3. Departments of Peru

Acomayo

Acomayo (Quechua: Aqumayu) is a Peruvian city, the capital of the district of the same name and also of the Acomayo Province, located in the Department of Cusco.

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Acomayo Province

Acomayo Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Administrative divisions of Peru

The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time since the nation gained independence from Spain in the early 19th century.

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Anta Province

Anta Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Asháninka language

Asháninka (also known as Campa, although this name is derogatory) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of Peru and Acre, Brazil.

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Aymara language

Aymara (also Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Calca Province

Calca Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Calca, Peru

Calca, also referred to as Villa de Zamora, is a town in southern Peru, capital of Calca Province in Cusco Region.

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Canas Province

Canas Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Canchis Province

Canchis Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Chumbivilcas Province

Chumbivilcas is a province in the Andes in South Peru.

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Cusco

Cusco or Cuzco (Qusqu or Qosqo) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river.

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Cusco Province

Cusco Province is located in the southern highlands of Peru and is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region.

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Cuzco Quechua language

Cuzco Quechua (Qusqu qhichwa simi) is a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Cuzco and the Cuzco Region of Peru.

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Department of Apurímac

Apurímac is a department and region in southern-central Peru. Department of Cuzco and department of Apurímac are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Arequipa

Arequipa (Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. Department of Cuzco and department of Arequipa are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Ayacucho

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. Department of Cuzco and department of Ayacucho are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Junín

Junín is a department and region in the central highlands and westernmost Peruvian Amazon. Department of Cuzco and department of Junín are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Loreto

Loreto is Peru's northernmost department and region. Department of Cuzco and department of Loreto are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Madre de Dios

Madre de Dios (Mother of God) is a department and region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian departments of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin. Department of Cuzco and department of Madre de Dios are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Puno

Puno is a department and region in southeastern Peru. Department of Cuzco and department of Puno are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Department of Ucayali

Ucayali is an inland department and region of Peru. Department of Cuzco and department of Ucayali are departments of Peru and regions of Peru.

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Espinar Province

Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

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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.

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Lupinus

Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae.

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Machiguenga Communal Reserve

The Machiguenga Communal Reserve (Reserva Comunal Machiguenga) is a protected area in Peru located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Megantoni district.

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Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.

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Megantoni National Sanctuary

Megantoni National Sanctuary (Santuario Nacional de Megantoni) is a protected area in Peru situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Echarate and Megantoni districts.

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Otishi National Park

Otishi National Park (Parque Nacional Otishi) is a protected area in Peru in the regions of Junín and Cusco.

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Paruro

Paruro is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paruro in the region Cusco.

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Paruro Province

Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Paucartambo Province

Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red tambo") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Paucartambo, Paucartambo

Paucartambo (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colored tambo") is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Plaza de Armas (Cusco)

The Plaza de Armas of Cusco is located in the city of Cusco, Peru.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.

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Quillabamba

Quillabamba is a city in southern Peru.

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Quinoa

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa;, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family.

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Quispicanchi Province

Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Raul Geller

Dr.

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Regional Government of Cuzco

The Regional Government of Cuzco (Gobierno Regional del Cuzco; GORE Cuzco) is the regional government that represents the Department of Cuzco. Department of Cuzco and regional Government of Cuzco are Cusco Region.

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Regions of Peru

According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Department of Cuzco and regions of Peru are departments of Peru.

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Southern Quechua

Southern Quechua (Urin qichwa, quechua sureño), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 million speakers.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar.

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Toponymy

Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.

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UBIGEO

Ubigeo is the coding system for geographical locations (Spanish: Código Ubicacíon Geográfica) in Peru used by the National Statistics and Computing Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática INEI) to code the first-level administrative subdivision: regions (Spanish: regiones, singular: región), the second-level administrative subdivision: provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia) and the third-level administrative subdivision: districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito).

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Urcos

Urcos is a small town in eastern Peru, capital of the province Quispicanchi in the region Cusco.

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Urubamba Province

Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Urubamba, Peru

Urubamba (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Urupampa, flat land of spiders) is a small town in Peru, located near the Urubamba River under the snow-capped mountain Chicón.

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2007 Peruvian census

The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population.

See Department of Cuzco and 2007 Peruvian census

See also

Cusco Region

Departments of Peru

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Cuzco

Also known as Cusco (Department of Peru), Cusco Department, Cusco Region, Cuzco Department, Cuzco Region, Department of Cusco, Kusku Region, Qusqu Region, Region of Cusco.

, Tea, Toponymy, UBIGEO, Urcos, Urubamba Province, Urubamba, Peru, 2007 Peruvian census.