Department of Cuzco

Cuzco
Departamento del Cuzco (Spanish)
Qusqu suyu (Quechua)
Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca
Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca
Official seal of Cuzco
Location of the Department of Cusco in Peru
Location of the Department of Cusco in Peru
Coordinates: 13°16′S 72°07′W / 13.26°S 72.11°W / -13.26; -72.11
CountryPeru
Subdivisions13 provinces and 108 districts
Largest cityCusco
CapitalCusco
Government
 • GovernorJean Paul Benavente García [1]
Area
 • Total71,986 km2 (27,794 sq mi)
Elevation
(Capital)
3,399 m (11,152 ft)
Highest elevation
4,801 m (15,751 ft)
Lowest elevation
532 m (1,745 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,205,527
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
UBIGEO
08
Dialing code0484
ISO 3166 codePE-CUS
Principal resourcesGold, maize, barley, quinoa, and tea
Poverty rate52.3%
Percentage of Peru's GDP4.4%
Websitewww.regioncusco.gob.pe/
Political division of the Cusco Region

Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkusko]; Quechua: Qusqu suyu [ˈqɔsqɔ ˈsʊjʊ]), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire.[2]

  1. ^ "Gobernador Regional del Cusco". Gobierno Regional del Cusco. Gobierno Regional del Cusco. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Official page (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

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