Urubamba (city)
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Coordinates | 13 ° 18 ′ S , 72 ° 7 ′ W | |
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Country | Peru | |
Cusco | ||
province | Urubamba | |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-CUS | |
District | Urubamba | |
height | 2870 m | |
Residents | 13,942 (2017) | |
View of the city of Urubamba
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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
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 2, p. 800 ( online ).
- ↑ PERU: Region of Cusco: Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 15, 2019.