Urubamba (city)

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Urubamba
Urubamba (Peru)
Urubamba
Urubamba
Coordinates 13 ° 18 ′  S , 72 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 18 ′  S , 72 ° 7 ′  W
Basic data
Country Peru

region

Cusco
province Urubamba
ISO 3166-2 PE-CUS
District Urubamba
height 2870 m
Residents 13,942 (2017)
View of the city of Urubamba
View of the city of Urubamba

Urubamba is a city in the Cusco region of central Peru . It is located about 30 km northwest of the regional capital Cusco and is located between Cusco and the tourist destination Machu Picchu . Urubamba is located in the Urubamba district and is the capital of the province of the same name . The city is located in the Andes in the river valley of the upper Río Urubamba , on the right bank of the river. The city had 13,942 inhabitants at the October 2017 census. In 2007 the population was 11,817.

tourism

The place is surrounded by many Inca sites (including Ollantaytambo in the northwest, 21 km away and Písac in the southwest, 32 km away) and is therefore a stopover for many tourists on the way to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Urubamba itself offers various leisure facilities and accommodations in various, sometimes upscale, categories for tourism.

Twin cities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 2, p. 800 ( online ).
  2. ↑ PERU: Region of Cusco: Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

Web links

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