Cusco Province
The province of Cusco 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.- Type: Region with 495,000 residents
- Description: Peruvian province
- Also known as: “Cusco province”, “Cuzco Province”, “Province of Cusco”, “Provincia Cuzco”, and “Provincia de Cuzco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Araway Qhata and Coricancha.
Araway Qhata
Peak
Coricancha
Museum
The Coricancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, and was described by early Spanish colonialists. It is located in Cusco, Peru, which was the capital of the empire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cuzco.
Cuzco
Cuzco or Cusco, in the Southern Sierras, is a fascinating city that was the capital of the Inca Empire. Cuzco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of Peru's most visited cities as it is the largest and most comfortable city from which tourists can begin visits to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and other Inca sites in the region.Cusco Province
- Categories: province of Peru and locality
- Location: Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-13.5543° or 13° 33′ 15″ south
Longitude
-71.9906° or 71° 59′ 26″ west
Population
495,000
Elevation
3,312 metres (10,866 feet)
Open location code
57RCC2W5+7P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cusco Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كوسكو”
- Aymara: “Qusqu jisk’a suyu”
- Basque: “Cusco probintzia”
- Belarusian: “Куска”
- Catalan: “Cusco”
- Catalan: “província de Cusco”
- Cebuano: “Provincia de Cusco”
- Chinese: “Cusco Séng”
- Chinese: “庫斯科省”
- Dutch: “Cusco”
- Dutch: “Cuzco”
- Esperanto: “Cusco”
- Esperanto: “provincia de Cusco”
- Esperanto: “provinco Cusco”
- Esperanto: “provinco Kusko”
- Finnish: “Cuscon maakunta”
- French: “province de Cusco”
- French: “province de Cuzco”
- French: “Province de Cuzco”
- Georgian: “კუსკო”
- Georgian: “კუსკოს პროვინცია”
- German: “Cusco”
- German: “Provinz Cusco”
- Italian: “provincia di Cusco”
- Italian: “Provincia di Cusco”
- Macedonian: “Куско”
- Maltese: “Provinċja ta‘ Cusco”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cusco Séng”
- Mingrelian: “კუსკო”
- Northern Frisian: “Prowins Cusco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cusco”
- Norwegian: “Cusco”
- Persian: “استان کوسکو”
- Portuguese: “Cusco”
- Portuguese: “Província de Cusco”
- Quechua: “Qusqu pruwinsiya”
- Quechua: “Qusqu pruwinsya”
- Quechua: “Qusqu puruwinsiya”
- Russian: “Куско”
- Slovenian: “Provinca Cusco”
- Spanish: “provincia de Cusco”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Cusco”
- Spanish: “provincia de Cuzco”
- Spanish: “provincia del Cusco”
- Spanish: “Provincia del Cusco”
- Spanish: “provincia del Cuzco”
- Swedish: “Cusco”
- Vietnamese: “Cusco”
- Vietnamese: “Cuzco”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cusco”
- Welsh: “Talaith Cusco”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ccachona and Comunidad Campesina Chocco.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cementerio Huancaro and Cementerio Chocco.
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