Cuzco

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Cuzco

Total population

428,450

Air quality index

43Good

Coordinates-13.52°, -71.98°

Demographic figures from INEI Peru. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cusco or Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range, and the Huatanay and Urubamba rivers. It is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Cusco Province and Cusco Department. It has historically been one of the largest cultural, economic and political centers of Peru.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Wilbert Rozas Beltrán

Peruvian politician

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Julián Incaroca

Peruvian politician

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Álvaro Campana

Peruvian politician

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Ángel Ugarte Cano

Peruvian politician

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Antonio de la Torre del Mar Márquez

Peruvian lawyer and politician

C

Celedonio Monteagudo

Peruvian landowner and politician

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Julio Alonso Cáceres

Peruvian landowner and politician

J

José Sebastián Pancorvo Aguirre

Peruvian landowner and politician

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Oscar Fernández Oblitas

Peruvian politician

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Benjamín de la Torre Romainville

Peruvian politician

V

Víctor del Castillo

Peruvian politician

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Juan Jose Teves Lazo

Peruvian politician

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Roberto Garmendia Castañeda

Peruvian lawyer and politician

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Víctor Gavancho Rozas

Peruvian politician

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Juan Jacinto Paiva

Peruvian politician

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Ricardo Campana

Peruvian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cusco

• Hacienda Quesallay
  3.8 mi away
• Qorimarca
  4.2 mi away
• Huilcarpay
  4.3 mi away
• Poroy
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,410
• Corao
  4.6 mi away
• Occopata
  5.3 mi away
• Huasampata
  6 mi away
• Matinga
  6.6 mi away
• Cachimayo
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,673
• Huayllay
  6.9 mi away
• Umasbamba
  6.9 mi away
• Checcopercca
  7 mi away

Browse all places in Cusco →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cuzco

El origen de los nombres de las calles del Cusco

Angel Carreño · 1987

Cusco mágico

Alfonsina Barrionuevo · 1980

Cusco

Ian Farrington · 2013

Shadows of Empire

David T. Garrett · 2005

Rimanakuy-Cusco, 1986

Conversatorio Regional de Comunidades Campesinas del Sur-Este (1st 1986 Cuzco, Peru) · 1986

Cusco, matices y colores

Ricardo Guevara Cárdenas · 2014

Cusco--

1986

Calles del Cusco

Angel Carreño · 2021

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-06-02

catchweed bedstraw

Galium aparine

Seen 2026-05-30

Eve's Needle Cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Seen 2026-05-30

Tagetes imbricata

Tagetes imbricata

Seen 2026-05-30

Andean Gull

Chroicocephalus serranus

Seen 2026-05-30

Canary-creeper

Tropaeolum peregrinum

Seen 2026-05-30

American century plant

Agave americana

Seen 2026-05-29

altamisa

Ambrosia arborescens

Seen 2026-05-29

Angel's Trumpet

Brugmansia arborea

Seen 2026-05-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cuzco, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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