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Cusco Peru: 3399 11151 18 Vetas Colombia: 3350 10990 Highest town in Colombia. 3,230 m. according to Google Maps. 19 Papallacta Ecuador: 3300 10826 Highest town in Ecuador. According to other sources is Zumbahua at 3,510 m. 20 Huancayo Peru: 3259 10659 21 Tarma Peru: 3053 10016 22 Huaraz Peru: 3052 10006 23 Tulcán Ecuador: 2980 9776 24 ...
Cusco was long an important center of indigenous people. It was the capital of the Inca Empire (13th century – 1532). Many believe that the city was planned as an effigy in the shape of a puma, a sacred animal. [22] How Cusco was specifically built, or how its large stones were quarried and transported to the site remain undetermined.
The plain of Anta contains some of the best communal cultivated lands of the Department of Cusco. It is located about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above sea level and is used to cultivate mainly high altitude crops such as potatoes, tarwi (edible lupin), barley and quinoa.
Huascarán Sur Yerupajá Coropuna Huantsan Ausangate. This is a list of the thirty-seven 6000 metre peaks in Peru as defined by a regain height, or prominence, above a col of 300m or more.
The province of Cusco is located in the southern highlands of Peru and is the smallest of thirteen ... Elevation msl; Cuzco: 116.22 km 2: 108,798* 28,476 936.1 3,399 msl:
Elevation. 3,244 m (10,643 ft) ... It is home to the Universidad Andina del Cusco. According to the 2007 census, there are 31,687 residents in the district.
It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km (40 mi) west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th-highest peak in the Andes and the twelfth-highest in Peru. However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascarán. View from the Trek.
Calca, also referred to as Villa de Zamora, is a town in southern Peru, capital of Calca Province in Cusco Region. It is at an elevation of around 2926 meters (9600 feet) above sea level. It is at an elevation of around 2926 meters (9600 feet) above sea level.