Cusco Region

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administrative region department of Peru region of Peru

Cusco Region is a department in southeastern Peru known as the historic heartland of the Inca Empire and home to major archaeological sites including Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Cusco region 5
Cusco Province 2
Cusco Department 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
department of Peru ⓘ
region of Peru ⓘ
borders Apurímac Region ⓘ
Arequipa Region ⓘ
Ayacucho Region ⓘ
Madre de Dios Region ⓘ
Puno Region ⓘ
Ucayali Region ⓘ
capital Cusco ⓘ
contains Acomayo Province ⓘ
Anta Province ⓘ
Calca Province ⓘ
Canas Province ⓘ
Canchis Province ⓘ
Choquequirao ⓘ
Chumbivilcas Province ⓘ
Cusco ⓘ
surface form: City of Cusco

Cusco Province ⓘ
Espinar Province ⓘ
La Convención Province ⓘ
Machu Picchu ⓘ
Ollantaytambo archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Ollantaytambo

Paruro Province ⓘ
Paucartambo Province ⓘ
Pisac ⓘ
Quispicanchi Province ⓘ
Sacred Valley ⓘ
Sacsayhuamán ⓘ
Urubamba Province ⓘ
Urubamba River ⓘ
Urubamba River ⓘ
surface form: Vilcanota River
country Peru ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageSite historic centre of Cusco ⓘ
surface form: City of Cuzco UNESCO World Heritage Site

Machu Picchu ⓘ
surface form: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
historicalRole heartland of the Inca Empire ⓘ
knownFor Andean culture ⓘ
Inca archaeological sites ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
largestCity Cusco ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
southeastern Peru ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Peru Time ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Peru ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Peru
recognizedLanguage Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

this entity surface form: Cusco Department
Inca emperor Pachacuti → birthPlace → Cusco Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Pachacuti
this entity surface form: Cusco region
Puno Region → borders → Cusco Region ⓘ
Junín Region → bordersRegion → Cusco Region ⓘ
Cusco → capitalOf → Cusco Region ⓘ
Cusco → capitalOf → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cusco Province
Inca emperor Pachacuti → deathPlace → Cusco Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Pachacuti
this entity surface form: Cusco region
Aguas Calientes → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Killke culture → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cusco region
Machu Picchu → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Machu Picchu → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Urubamba Province
Machu Picchu → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Machu Picchu District
Maras salt mines → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Moray archaeological site → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Pisac archaeological site → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Sacred Valley → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Urubamba River → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Yucay → locatedIn → Cusco Region ⓘ
Calca → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Cusco Region ⓘ
Maras → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Cusco Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Urubamba
this entity surface form: Cusco Province
Temple of the Sun → locatedInRegion → Cusco Region ⓘ
Inca Trail → region → Cusco Region ⓘ
Manco Cápac → region → Cusco Region ⓘ
Túpac Amaru → residence → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cusco region
Inti → worshipCenters → Cusco Region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cusco region