Urcos District
The Urcos District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created on January 2, 1857, its capital is the town of Urcos. Urcos is southeast of the former Inca capital, Cusco, in the southern Andes, and it is at an altitude of 3,180 meters.
- Locality with about 10,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,160 metres (10,360 feet)
- Description: district in Cusco, Peru
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urcos.
Urcos District
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Latitude
-13.6879° or 13° 41′ 16″ south
Longitude
-71.5991° or 71° 35′ 57″ west
Open location code
57RC8C62+V8
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Spanish—“Urcos District” goes by many names.
Urqus jisk’a t’aqa suyuAymara
districte d’UrcosCatalan
UrcosCebuano
烏爾科斯區Chinese
Urcos DistrictDutch
ურკოსის რაიონიGeorgian
Distretto di UrcosItalian
Urqus distrituQuechua
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