Cusco District
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 115,000 residents
- Description: district in Cusco, Peru
- Also known as: “Cuzco District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacsayhuamán and Tambomachay.
Sacsayhuamán
Nature reserve
Sacsayhuamán or Saksaywaman is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 metres.
Tambomachay
Archaeological site
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Tambomachay is an archaeological site associated with the Inca Empire, located near Cusco, Peru. An alternate Spanish name is El Baño del Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and waterfalls that run through the terraced rocks.
Qenko
Archaeological site
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Q'enqo, Qenko, Kenko, or Quenco is an archaeological site in the Sacred Valley of Peru located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, about 6 km north east of Cusco.
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 District
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Cusco Province, Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cusco District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية قوسقو”
- Aymara: “Qusqu jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “Cusco”
- Cebuano: “Cusco (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Cusco”
- Chinese: “庫斯科區”
- Dutch: “Cusco”
- French: “District de Cusco”
- Georgian: “კუსკოს რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Cusco”
- Italian: “Distretto di Cusco”
- Macedonian: “Куско”
- Northern Frisian: “Cusco distrikt”
- Portuguese: “Cusco”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Cusco”
- Quechua: “Qusqu distritu”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Cusco”
- Spanish: “Cusco”
- Spanish: “distrito de Cusco”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Cusco”
- Spanish: “distrito de Cuzco”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Cuzco”
- Spanish: “distrito del Cuzco”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sacsaywaman and Senja.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saksaywaman and Puka Pukara.
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