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Yucay

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Yucay () is a town in southern Peru. It is the capital of the Yucay District, which is near the center of Urubamba Province in the Cusco Region of southern Peru.

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Place details

Locality
Yucay
Region
Cusco
Country
Perú
Population
0
Timezone
America/Lima

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Instance of
village
Country
Peru
Located in
Yucay District
Elevation
2857
Time zone
Q5390
Capital of
Yucay District
Image
Yucay.jpg
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Yucay
postal code
08665
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Yucay () is a town in southern Peru. It is the capital of the Yucay District, which is near the center of Urubamba Province in the Cusco Region of southern Peru.

The area where Yucay is located is commonly called the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Many Inca ruins are in the Sacred Valley near the Urubamba River and extending up the nearby hillsides in agricultural terraces called andenes. The town is located at an elevation of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yucay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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