Aguas Calientes
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.
- Town with about 4,530 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,050 metres (6,720 feet)
- Description: town in Cusco, Peru
- Also known as“Aguas Calientes, Peru”“Machupicchu”“Machupicchu Pueblo”“Machupicchu Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huayna Picchu and Phutuq K’usi.
Huayna Picchu
Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends.
Aguas Calientes
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Latitude
-13.1543° or 13° 9′ 15″ south
Longitude
-72.5256° or 72° 31′ 32″ west
Open location code
57R9RFWF+7P
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Aguas Calientes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أغواس كالينتس”
- Breton: “Machu Picchu Pueblo”
- Catalan: “Aguas Calientes”
- Cebuano: “Aguas Calientes”
- Chinese: “阿瓜斯卡連特斯 (祕魯)”
- Chinese: “阿瓜斯卡連特斯 (秘魯)”
- Chinese: “阿瓜斯卡連特斯”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘 (祕魯)”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘 (秘魯)”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘鎮”
- Croatian: “Aguas Calientes”
- Czech: “Aguas Calientes”
- Czech: “Machu Picchu Pueblo”
- Dutch: “Aguas Calientes”
- Dutch: “Machupicchu Pueblo”
- French: “Aguas Calientes”
- French: “Machu Picchu Pueblo”
- French: “Machupicchu Ville”
- Galician: “Aguas Calientes”
- Georgian: “აგუას-კალიენტესი”
- German: “Aguas Calientes”
- Hebrew: “אגואס קליינטס”
- Italian: “Aguas Calientes”
- Italian: “Machu Picchu Pueblo”
- Japanese: “アグアス・カリエンテス”
- Japanese: “マチュ・ピチュ”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aguas Calientes”
- Polish: “Aguas Calientes”
- Portuguese: “Águas Calientes”
- Portuguese: “Machu Picchu pueblo”
- Quechua: “Aguas Calientes”
- Quechua: “Machu Pikchu llaqta”
- Quechua: “Q’oñi Yaku”
- Quechua: “Q’uñi Yaku”
- Russian: “Агуас-Кальентес”
- Russian: “Мачупикчу-Пуэбло”
- Russian: “Мачупикчу”
- Spanish: “Aguas Calientes”
- Spanish: “Machu Picchu pueblo”
- Spanish: “Machupicchu”
- Spanish: “Pueblo de Machupicchu”
- Swedish: “Aguas Calientes”
- Ukrainian: “Мачупікчу-Пуебло”
- Urdu: “ماچوپیکچو، پیرو”
- Urdu: “ماچوپیکچو”
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Localities in the Area
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