Machupicchu District
Machupicchu is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. The village of Machupicchu is the seat or capital of the district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 5,350 residents
- Description: district in Cusco, Peru
- Neighbors: Santa Teresa
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sayacmarca and Wiñay Wayna.
Sayacmarca
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Sayacmarca is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southwest of the archaeological site Runkuraqay and the Runkuraqay pass and southeast of the sites Phuyupatamarka and Qunchamarka. Sayacmarca is situated 3½ km southwest of Machupicchu District.
Wiñay Wayna
Archaeological site
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Wiñay Wayna is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba River. The site consists of upper and lower house complexes connected by a staircase and fountain structures. Wiñay Wayna is situated 4 km west of Machupicchu District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguas Calientes.
Aguas Calientes
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Aguas Calientes is a small town at the bottom of the valley next to Machu Picchu, and the principal access point to the site. All visitors to Machu Picchu pass through Aguas Calientes and most spend at least one night here.
Machupicchu District
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Urubamba Province, Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Urdu—“Machupicchu District” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Machu Pikchu jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “districte de Machupicchu”
- Cebuano: “Machupicchu”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘區”
- Dutch: “Machupicchu District”
- Dutch: “Machupicchu”
- French: “District de Machu Picchu”
- French: “district de Machupicchu”
- Galician: “Distrito de Machupicchu”
- Georgian: “მაჩუპიქჩუს რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Machupicchu”
- Italian: “Distretto di Machupicchu”
- Japanese: “マチュピチュ地区”
- Portuguese: “Machupicchu”
- Quechua: “Machu Pikchu distritu”
- Russian: “Мачупикчу”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Macchupicchu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Machu Picchu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Machupicchu”
- Spanish: “Machupicchu”
- Urdu: “ماچوپیکچو ضلع”
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