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The department of Cusco is a
district of the regional government of Peru located in the
southeastern part of the country. It occupies a territory of
more than 71 900 square kilometers which comprises mostly
mountainous areas, the lowest covered by the Amazon rainforest.
This region is the early
Andean civilizations with the influence of Huari and
Tiahuanaco. It is also the birthplace of the Inca Empire and
place of the resistance of Vilcabamba, Peru after the conquest
of Peru. It is in this department, at the hacienda Marcahuasi
(Mollepata), where in the sixteenth century the first vines
grown in the Americas and occurs the first pisco.
Its main agricultural
resources are corn, barley, quinoa, tea and coffee. Excels in
mining gold and gas energy.
Most important:
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Rivers: the Urubamba and
Apurimac - Vilcanota.
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Nevados: Ausangate (6.384 m),
Salcantay(6.271) m, Colpa Ananta (6.110 m), Chumpe (6.106 m),
Alcamarinayoc (6.102 m), Veronica (5.682 m)
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Abras: Chimboya (5.150 m) in
Canchis; Hualla Hualla (4,280 m) in Quispicanchi; Huaylla
Apacheta (4,700 m) in in Chumbivilca and La Raya (4.313 m) in
Canas.
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Pongos (Steps narrow and
dangerous rivers, the Quechua Punku What does door): Mainique
and Timpia (500 m) in the Convention.
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Lagoons: Sibinacocha,
Pomacanchi and Languilayo.
It is organized into 13
provinces:
These cover the 108 districts.
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