Cusco

Cusco ( in Inglis, aften spelled Cuzco; in Quechua written Qusqu an pronoonced ) is a ceety in sootheastren Peru, near the Urubamba Valley o the Andes mountain range. It is the caipital o the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. In 2007, the ceety haed a population o 358,935 which is triple the figure o 20 years ago. Locatit on the eastren end o the Knot o Cusco, its altitude is aroond 3,400 m (11,200 ft).

Cusco wis the site o the historic caipital o the Inca Empire an wis declared a Warld Heritage Site in 1983 bi UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination an receives amaist 1.5 million visitors a year. It is designatit as the Historical Caipital o Peru bi the Constitution o Peru.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns—Sister ceeties
Cusco is twinned wi:
  Bethlehem, Palestine
  La Paz, Bolivie
  Baguio, Philippines
  Samarkand, Uzbekistan
  Mexico Ceety, Mexico
  Kyoto, Japan
  Jersey Ceety, Unitit States  Lima, Peru
  Chartres, Fraunce
  Kaesong, North Korea
  Athens, Greece
  Moscow, Roushie
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Havana, Cuba  Copán, Honduras
  Xi'an, Cheenae
  Potosí, Bolivie
  Cuenca, Ecuador
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Madison, Unitit States
  Jerusalem, Israel

Pairtnerships
  Kraków in Poland

References


Category:Ceeties in Peru
Category:Populatit places in the Cusco Region
Category:Airchaeological steids in Peru
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Peru