Department of Cuzco

Departments of Peru

For other uses, see Cusco (disambiguation).

Department in 13 provinces and 108 districts, Peru

Cuzco

Departamento del Cuzco (Spanish)
Qusqu suyu (Quechua)

Department

Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca

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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
Country| Peru
Subdivisions| 13 provinces and 108 districts
Largest city| Cusco
Capital| Cusco
Government

• Governor| Jean Paul Benavente García [1]
Area

• Total| 71,986 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)

• Total| 1,205,527
• Density| 17/km2 (43/sq mi)
UBIGEO|

Dialing code| 0484
ISO 3166 code| PE-CUS
Principal resources| Gold, maize, barley, quinoa, and tea
Poverty rate| 20.3%
Percentage of Peru's GDP| 4.4%
Website| www.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]

## Geography

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The plain of Anta contains some of the best communal cultivated lands of the Department of Cusco. It is located about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above sea level and is used to cultivate mainly high altitude crops such as potatoes, tarwi (edible lupin), barley and quinoa.[citation needed]

## Provinces

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* Acomayo (Acomayo)
* Anta (Anta)
* Calca (Calca)
* Canas (Yanaoca)
* Canchis (Sicuani)
* Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás)
* Cusco (Cusco)
* Espinar (Yauri)
* La Convención (Quillabamba)
* Paruro (Paruro)
* Paucartambo (Paucartambo)
* Quispicanchi (Urcos)
* Urubamba (Urubamba)

## Languages

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According to the 2007 Peru Census, the language learnt first by most of the residents was Quechua (51.40%), followed by Spanish (46.86%). The Quechua variety spoken in this department is Cusco Quechua.

The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Department of Cusco by province:[3]

Province  | Quechua | Aymara | Asháninka | Another native language  | Spanish | Foreign language  | Deaf or mute  | Total

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Acomayo  | 22,262  | 12  | 2  | 4  | 3,117  | \-  | 52  | 25,449
Anta  | 36,512  | 42  | 3  | 10  | 15,248  | 8  | 132  | 51,955
Calca  | 43,008  | 101  | 4  | 117  | 18,128  | 13  | 142  | 61,513
Canas  | 32,790  | 31  | 6  | 11  | 2,910  | \-  | 40  | 35,788
Canchis  | 53,695  | 107  | 5  | 7  | 37,702  | 2  | 120  | 91,638
Chumbivilcas  | 64,087  | 102  | 9  | 1  | 6,063  | 2  | 104  | 70,368
Cusco  | 63,675  | 781  | 94  | 306  | 282,610  | 1,521  | 466  | 349,453
Espinar  | 40,594  | 120  | 8  | 1  | 18,116  | 6  | 71  | 58,916
La Convención  | 62,145  | 276  | 2,802  | 9,278  | 81,111  | 120  | 318  | 156,050
Paruro  | 26,707  | 53  | 5  | 1  | 2,192  | 1  | 42  | 29,001
Paucartambo  | 35,996  | 95  | 15  | 207  | 5,682  | 9  | 65  | 42,069
Quispicanchi  | 57,587  | 152  | 11  | 12  | 18,562  | 20  | 86  | 76,430
Urubamba  | 27,523  | 104  | 4  | 9  | 25,075  | 823  | 68  | 53,606
Total | 566,581  | 1,976  | 2,968  | 9,964  | 516,516  | 2,525  | 1,706  | 1,102,236
% | 51.40  | 0.18  | 0.27  | 0.90  | 46.86  | 0.23  | 0.15  | 100.00

## Toponyms

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Many of the toponyms of the Department of Cusco originate from Quechua and also Aymara. These names are overwhelmingly predominant throughout the region. Their Spanish-based orthography, however, is in conflict with the normalised alphabets of these languages. According to Article 20 of Decreto Supremo No 004-2016-MC (Supreme Decree) which approves the Regulations to Law 29735, published in the official newspaper El Peruano on July 22, 2016, adequate spellings of the toponyms in the normalised alphabets of the indigenous languages must progressively be proposed with the aim of standardising the naming used by the National Geographic Institute The National Geographic Institute realises the necessary changes in the official maps of Peru.[4]

The Ministry of Culture additionally proposes to the municipalities of the provinces to recover ancient indigenous toponyms and that these names should be spread by the local and communal authorities on posters and other signage.[4]

## Notable residents

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* Raul Geller (born 1936), Peruvian-Israeli footballer

## Gallery

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* Balconies and arcades at the main square in Cusco

## See also

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* Administrative divisions of Peru
* Machiguenga Communal Reserve
* Megantoni National Sanctuary
* Otishi National Park

## Sources

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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.
3. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
4. ^ a b "Decreto Supremo que aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley N° 29735, Ley que regula el uso, preservación, desarrollo, recuperación, fomento y difusión de las lenguas originarias del Perú, Decreto Supremo N° 004-2016-MC". Retrieved July 17, 2017.

## External links

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* Travelogue Cusco Region (Sacred Valley of the Incas)

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