ancient cusco peru
Cuzco (/ËkuËskoÊ/), often spelled Cusco (Spanish: Cuzco, [Ëkusko]; Quechua: Qusqu or Qosqo, IPA: [ËqÉsqÉ]), is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. In 2013, the city had a population of 435,114.