Cusco Region
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| President | Hugo Gonzales Sayan | |
| Capital | Cusco | |
| Area | 71,986.5 km² | |
| Population - Total - Density |
1 237 802 (2004 estimate) 17.2/km² |
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| Subdivisions | 13 provinces and 108 districts | |
| Elevation - Lowest - Highest |
532 m (Pilcopata) 4801 m (Suyckutambi) |
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| Latitude Longitude |
11º10' to 15º18' S 70º25' to 73º58' W |
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| Main resources | Gold, maize, barley, quinoa, and tea | |
| Poverty rate | 75.3% | |
| Percentage of country's GDP | 2.18% | |
| Dialing code | 084 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-CUS | |
| Official website: www.regcus.gob.pe | ||
Cusco (Quechua: Qusqu suyu) is a region in Peru. It is bordered by the Ucayali Region on the north; the Madre de Dios and Puno regions on the east; the Arequipa Region on the south; and the Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín regions on the west. Its capital is the city of Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
[edit] Political division
The region is divided into 13 provinces (provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 108 districts (distritos, singular: distrito). The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
- Acomayo (Acomayo)
- Anta (Anta)
- Calca (Calca)
- Canas (Yanaoacá)
- Canchis (Sicuani)
- Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás)
- Cusco (Cusco)
- Espinar (Yauri)
- La Convención (Quillabamba)
- Paruro (Paruro)
- Paucartambo (Paucartambo)
- Quispicanchi (Urcos)
- Urubamba (Urubamba)
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| Political division of Peru |  |
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Amazonas | Ancash | Apurímac | Arequipa | Ayacucho | Cajamarca | Callao | Cusco | Huancavelica | Huánuco | Ica | Junín | La Libertad | Lambayeque | Lima | Loreto | Madre de Dios | Moquegua | Pasco | Piura | Puno | San Martín | Tacna | Tumbes | Ucayali |
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| The Lima Province is not part of any of the twenty-five regions. |
