Cusco

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World Heritage Site city former national capital

Cusco is a historic city in southeastern Peru that served as the capital of the Inca Empire and is now a major gateway to Machu Picchu.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Cusco canonical	94
Cuzco	16
City of Cusco	7
Qosqo	2
city of Cusco	2
Cusco (Inca Empire)	1
Cusco area	1
Cusco city	1
Cusco historic center	1
Cusco metropolitan area	1
Cusco, Peru	1
Cuzco, Viceroyalty of Peru	1
city of Cuzco	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ city ⓘ former national capital ⓘ
capitalOf	Cusco Region ⓘ surface form: Cusco Province Cusco Region ⓘ
climateClassification	subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
currency	Peruvian sol ⓘ
demographics	significant Quechua-speaking population ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 11152 feet ⓘ about 3399 metres ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Inca Empire ⓘ
founder	Manco Cápac ⓘ surface form: Manco Cápac (legendary)
governingBody	Municipality of Cusco ⓘ
hasAirport	Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport ⓘ
hasUNESCOCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1983 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Inca Empire ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial era
isPartOf	Machu Picchu ⓘ surface form: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu tourist circuit
knownFor	Inca and colonial architecture ⓘ archaeological sites ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ
localName	Cusco self-link ⓘ Cusco self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cuzco Cusco self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qosqo
locatedIn	southeastern Peru ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Cusco Region ⓘ surface form: Cusco Province Cusco Region ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Andes ⓘ
population	about 430000 ⓘ
postalCode	08000 ⓘ
primaryReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
recognizedLanguage	Aymara ⓘ Quechua ⓘ
timeZone	Peru Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Plaza de Armas of Cusco ⓘ Qorikancha ⓘ Sacred Valley ⓘ surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas Sacsayhuamán ⓘ gateway to Machu Picchu ⓘ historic centre of Cusco ⓘ
utcOffset	−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (129)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peru → contains → Cusco ⓘ

Peru → hasWorldHeritageSite → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Cusco

Sacred Valley → nearCity → Cusco ⓘ

Machu Picchu → nearestMajorCity → Cusco ⓘ

Inca Empire → capital → Cusco ⓘ

Inca Empire → majorCity → Cusco ⓘ

Inca Empire → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRelated → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Cusco

Viceroyalty of Peru → importantCity → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuzco

Cusco → localName → Cusco self-link ⓘ

Cusco → localName → Cusco self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuzco

Cusco → localName → Cusco self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qosqo

Diego de Almagro → placeOfDeath → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuzco, Viceroyalty of Peru

Diego de Almagro → captured → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Cuzco

Tempe, Arizona, USA → hasSisterCity → Cusco ⓘ

subject surface form: Tempe, Arizona

this entity surface form: Cusco, Peru

Manco Inca Yupanqui → birthPlace → Cusco ⓘ

Manco Inca Yupanqui → residence → Cusco ⓘ

Siege of Cuzco → location → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuzco

Siege of Cuzco → location → Cusco ⓘ

Andean Late Horizon → capitalCity → Cusco ⓘ

Tempe → hasSisterCity → Cusco ⓘ

Cusco Region → capital → Cusco ⓘ

Cusco Region → largestCity → Cusco ⓘ

Cusco Region → contains → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Cusco

Calca → locatedNear → Cusco ⓘ

Pisac archaeological site → accessFrom → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cusco city

Chinchero → nearbyCity → Cusco ⓘ

Chinchero archaeological site → locatedNear → Cusco ⓘ

Chinchero archaeological site → nearbyCity → Cusco ⓘ

Huayna Capac → capitalDuringReign → Cusco ⓘ

Huayna Capac → associatedWith → Cusco ⓘ

Killke culture → capital → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cusco area

Moray archaeological site → near → Cusco ⓘ

Moray archaeological site → accessFrom → Cusco ⓘ

Maras salt mines → accessFrom → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Cusco

Inca emperor Pachacuti → associatedWith → Cusco ⓘ

subject surface form: Pachacuti

Peru Time → usedInCity → Cusco ⓘ

Inti → majorTempleLocation → Cusco ⓘ

Inca Trail → primaryAccessCity → Cusco ⓘ

Realm of the Four Parts → politicalCenter → Cusco ⓘ

Realm of the Four Parts → associatedWithCapital → Cusco ⓘ

Viracocha → worshipCenter → Cusco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuzco

Sapa Inca → residence → Cusco ⓘ

Sapa Inca → capitalOfRealm → Cusco ⓘ

Qhapaq Ñan → connects → Cusco ⓘ

Manco Cápac → capitalFounded → Cusco ⓘ

Manco Cápac → associatedWith → Cusco ⓘ

Topa Inca Yupanqui → capitalRuledFrom → Cusco ⓘ

Túpac Amaru → placeOfDeath → Cusco ⓘ

Antisuyu → capitalRegionCenteredOn → Cusco ⓘ

Cuntisuyu → capital → Cusco ⓘ