Peru
Cuzco Department
Quispicanchi Province

Urcos District

The Urcos District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in . Created on January 2, 1857, its capital is the town of . Urcos is southeast of the former Inca capital, Cusco, in the southern Andes, and it is at an altitude of 3,180 meters.
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  • Type: Locality with 10,600 residents
  • Description: district in Cusco, Peru
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urcos.

Town
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is a small town in eastern , capital of the province Quispicanchi in the region Cusco. It is home to a small lake and ruins. Some time in the 15th century, it is said that Hatun Tupaq Inca received visions of the Incan creator deity Viracocha in , and then took the name Viracocha Inca that he held for the rest of his reign.

Urcos District

Latitude
-13.6879° or 13° 41′ 16″ south
Longitude
-71.5991° or 71° 35′ 57″ west
Population
10,600
Elevation
3,241 metres (10,633 feet)
Open location code
57RC8C62+V8
Geo­Names ID
8350905
Wiki­data ID
Q934601
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Spanish—“Urcos District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Urqus jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Catalan: “districte d’Urcos”
  • Cebuano: “Urcos”
  • Chinese: “烏爾科斯區”
  • Dutch: “Urcos District”
  • French: “District d’Urcos”
  • Georgian: “ურკოსის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Urcos”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Urcos”
  • Portuguese: “Urcos”
  • Quechua: “Urqus distritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Urcos”

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