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Cusco Province

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Country
  
Peru

Website
  
www.municusco.gob.pe

Region
  
Cusco Region

UBIGEO
  
0801

Area
  
617 km²

Capital
  
Cusco

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Colleges and Universities
  
National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco

Points of interest
  
Saksaywaman, Sacred Valley, Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady, Tambomachay

Clubs and Teams
  
Cienciano, Real Garcilaso, Deportivo Garcilaso

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

Contents

Map of Cusco, Peru

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

  • Cusco (Cusco) (seat)
  • Ccorca (Ccorca)
  • Poroy (Poroy)
  • San Jerónimo (San Jerónimo)
  • San Sebastián (San Sebastián)
  • Santiago (Santiago)
  • Saylla (Saylla)
  • Wanchaq (Wanchaq)
  • Ethnic groups

    The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (80.87%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.22% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).

    Archaeological sites

    Some of the most important archaeological sites of the province are as follows:

    References

    Cusco Province Wikipedia