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El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world. This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Peru: 3824 12546 10 Puno Peru: 3819 12530 11 La Oroya Peru: 3745 12287 12 Oruro Bolivia: 3706 12158 13 Huancavelica Peru: 3676 12060 14 La Paz Bolivia: 3690 11975 Highest capital in the world 15 Sicuani Peru: 3548 11640 16 Apartaderos Venezuela: 3505 11502 Highest town in Venezuela. 3,360 m. according to Google Maps. 17 Cusco Peru: 3399 11151 ...
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country , continental region , latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
Cusco is a district in the northern Cusco Province within the Cusco Region of Peru.It is bordered by districts of Ccorca and Poroy on the west, the provinces of Anta, the Calca, and Urubamba on the north, the San Jerónimo District on the east, and the districts of Santiago and San Sebastián to the south.
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.
In 2019, Cusco was the region that reached the highest number of tourists in Peru with more than 2.7 million tourists. [51] In 2002, the income Cusco received from tourism was US$837 million. In 2009, that number increased to US$2.47 billion.
Cusco Province is located in the southern highlands of Peru and is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region. Its capital is Cusco , which is also the Historical Capital of Peru. [ 1 ]
Most of the names in the range originate from Quechua.They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages [citation needed] and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the originary languages of Peru'.