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Urcos
Sign in to saveUrcos is a small town in eastern Peru, capital of the province Quispicanchi in the region Cusco. It is home to a small lake and ruins.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in PE, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Urcos is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Peru, geography and time zone.
Vinony files it under Geography articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia and Populated places in the Department of Cusco.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Urcos
- Region
- Cusco
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 5,479
- Timezone
- America/Lima
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Urcos
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Urcos Plaza.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Plaza and market
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Peru
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cusco
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Quispicanchi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Urcos
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Manuel Jesús Sutta Pfocco
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 134.65
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.population_total
- 10614
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Urcos District
- Population
- 10614
- Elevation
- 3150
- Capital of
- Quispicanchi Province
- Image
- Urcos Plaza.jpg
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- Urcos
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Encyclopedic overview
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Urcos is a small town in eastern Peru, capital of the province Quispicanchi in the region Cusco. It is home to a small lake and ruins.
Some time in the 15th century, it is said that Hatun Tupaq Inca received visions of the Incan creator deity Viracocha in Urcos, and then took the name Viracocha Inca that he held for the rest of his reign.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urcos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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