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Cusco or Cuzco [d] (Latin American Spanish:; Quechua: Qosqo or Qusqu, both pronounced) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous province and department .
UNESCO map of Cusco. The city was originally the site of the Killke culture, who occupied it between 900 and 1200 AD.It afterwards served as the capital and namesake of the Kingdom of Cuzco, which in turn was replaced by the Inca Empire, who also established the city as the empire's capital.
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The Plaza de Armas of Cusco is located in the city of Cusco, Peru. Located in the historic center of the city is the main public space of the town since before its Spanish foundation in 1534. Geological studies carried out in the area show that it originally had a swamp, [1] crossed by the Saphy River (currently channeled and covered).
' fortress of the royal falcon or hawk ') [1] [2] [3] is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 metres (12,142 ft). The complex was built by the Incas in the 15th century, particularly under Sapa Inca Pachacuti and his successors. [4]
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (Spanish pronunciation:; Quechua: Qusqu suyu [ˈqɔsqɔ ˈsʊjʊ]), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto.
Cusco: Cusco metropolitan area: Cusco - - 434,654 8: Chimbote: Chimbote metropolitan area: Ancash - - 381,742 9: Huancayo: Huancayo metropolitan area: Junin - - 364,010 Sources: Law of Territorial Demarcation [2] 1993 population: Lima metropolitan area, [3] Arequipa metropolitan area, [12] Trujillo metropolitan area, [4] - 1993 census
The city of Cusco was designed as the seat of power and its internal organization corresponded to a traditional Inca urban division, it was located in a strategic central point of the empire, whose centrality converges the four roads that linked the suyos.