LOCATION:
Cusco is located in Huatanay River Valley, in the southeasts Andes of Peru, in the jurisdiction of province and region Cusco, its high is 3,399 m.s.n.m. (11151,44 feet above the level sea), it’s located at 13º30’45’’ south latitude and at 71º58’33’’ west longitude from Greenwich Meridian.
At north it borders on the jungle of Junín and Ucayali departments; at south, in the southwest area, it borders on Arequipa and Puno; at east, it borders on a huge part of the Amazonie and the jungle flats of Madre de Dios; and at west, it is united to Apurimac Mountains and Ayacucho Jungle.
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REFERENCE TIME:
When in Peru it’s 12:00, in Santiago and Caracas it’s 13:00; in Río de Janeiro and Buenos Aires it’s 14:00, at New York it’s 12:00 and in Tokyo it’s 02:00 of the following day.
The Peruvian hour is similar to the EST hour (Eastern Standard Time) in the United States and it’s located at 5 hours from GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time).
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ALTITUDE:
Cusco is approximately over 3,399 m.s.n.m. (11151,44 feet above the level sea) high, is for this reason that Cusco is considered one of the highest cities in all the world.
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WEATHER:
The weather on April to October is very comfortable, warm and dry. The temperature in this season goes from 5.0º to 20º Celsius.
This rainy season starts on November and it lasts until May; at the beginnings of this season, the rain is light and as the season continues the rain becomes more intense during the months of January through March.
There isn’t too much uniformity between summer and winter. Normally in winter is cold at night and during the first hours in the morning the temperature raises until the noon. At sunny days the temperature reaches 20ºC.
We recommend to tourists, to take warm clothing and also rain wear to the rainy season.
Cusco, it’s under the influence of macro-climate of huge air masses that come from the southeast jungle, as well as the Peruvian-Bolivian table winds are colder and drier, just like the winds that come from Patagonia, going into the southeast area and in general, makes climate events to huge scale. In the other hand, the local winds that are made in its valleys and in its plains, have the function of distributing heat and humidity along the day.
The average temperature fluctuates between 10.3ºC and 13ºC (between 50.54º and 52.34º Fahrenheit); but these temperatures fluctuate according the zone.
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Weather Diversity in Cusco: :
Humid Climates :
Pillcopata and Araza Valleys have an average temperature of approximately 30º at the highest, an average of 23º and 25º and an average of 20º at the lowest temperature.
Dry Climates:
In Apurimac River basin, the temperature has an average between 17º and 18º. It has a maximum temperature of 32º and a minimum temperature of 4.4º.
Warm Climates: (humid and dry climates)
The inter-Andean valleys (central area of the territory) has a varied climate because it has humid and dry weather that has a average temperature rank between 11º and 16º in seasons in which the maximum temperature increases to 29º and it may decrease to 7º and -4º.
Cold Climates: (Humid and dry climates)
The weather is also humid and dry in the highlands (12467 feet above the level sea). Here the temperatures reach an average according to the altitude. The highest temperatures reach 10º and the lowest below 0º. So we advise you to keep you warm and never underestimate the Cusquenian weather.
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POPULATION:
The number of people living in Cusco is of 304.152 inhabitans and in the entire department there are 1.158.142 inhabitants. Cusco is the seventh city in Peru with the biggest number of inhabitants. (corregir en la pagina en español lo resaltado)
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS:
The total area of Cusco has 71.891,97 sq Km and it is divided politically in 13 provinces (Acomayo, Anta, Calca, Canas, Canchis, Chumbivilcas, Cusco, Espinar, Paucartambo, La Convención, Paruro, Quispicanchi y Urubamba). The city has 8 distritcs (Ccorca, Cusco, Poroy, San Jerónimo, San Sebastián, Saylla, Wanchaq y Santiago).
Language:
The official languages in Peru are: Spanish and Quechua or Runasimi with a participation in the entire country of the 73% and 24% respectively. In the rural zones of Cusco, the Quechua is the predominant language. Part of the Cusco’s population is bilingual and it has the Quechua as its mother dialect and the Spanish as learned. A small percentage of the population speaks Aymara and there are also other Amazonic languages (such as Machiguenga) talked in the jungle region of the department. (Low Urubamba).
Religion:
In Peru, the 80% of the population is Christian, predominating the Roman Catholic Religion. Cusco is not the exception, the majority has the Catholicism as their religion, without leaving aside their traditional believes; generally, related to the earth or pachamama and the natural phenomenon.
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