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The Urubamba River near Urcos. The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River [2] (possibly from Quechua Willkamayu, for "sacred river") [3] is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara Willkanuta, for "house of the sun"). [4] Within the La Convención Province, the name changes to Urubamba. [5]
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. It is the capital of the district of the same name. Located one hour from Cusco, Urubamba is the largest town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
The valley was formed by the Urubamba river, also known as the Vilcanota River, Willkanuta River (Aymara, "house of the sun") or Willkamayu . The latter, in Quechua, the still spoken lingua franca of the Inca Empire, [5] means the sacred river. It is fed by numerous tributaries which descend through adjoining valleys and gorges and contains ...
The steep cliffs on each side of the river rise sharply to mountains with elevations of more than 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). [1] [2] [3] The Pongo de Mainique is the only break in the Vilcabamba mountain range. It also divides the Urubamba River (a headwater of the Amazon River) between the turbulent Upper Urubamba and the more placid Lower Urubamba.
The Central Machupicchu Hydroelectric Plant (Hidroelectrica) is nearby at the Urubamba River. It generates about 90 MW for the regions of Cusco, Puno, and Apurímac . It was first constructed between 1958 and 1965 and expanded between 1981 and 1985. The plant was damaged by a landslide on 28 February 1998 and ceased operations until 13 July ...
The Urubamba River in the Sacred Valley of the province of Urubamba. Flag. Location of Urubamba in the Cusco Region. Country: Peru: Region: Cusco: Capital: Urubamba ...
Písac or Pisac (possibly from Quechua for Nothoprocta, also spelled p'isaqa) [1] is a Peruvian town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It is situated on the Urubamba River.Pisac is most known for its Incan ruins and large market which attracts heavy tourist traffic from nearby Cusco.
It is the capital of the Yucay District, which is near the center of Urubamba Province in the Cusco Region of southern Peru. [1] The area where Yucay is located is commonly called the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Many Inca ruins are in the Sacred Valley near the Urubamba River and extending up the nearby hillsides in agricultural terraces called ...