Machupicchu District
Machupicchu is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. Its seat is the village of Machupicchu.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 5,350 residents
- Description: district in Cusco, Peru
- Neighbors: Santa Teresa
Notable Places in the Area
Machu Picchu
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city, high in the Andes of Peru.
Huayna Picchu
Photo: Mblument, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends.
Intihuatana
Intihuatana is a ritual stone in South America associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca.Localities in the Area
Aguas Calientes
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aguas Calientes is a small town at the bottom of the valley next to Machu Picchu, and the principal access point to the site.
Machupicchu District
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Urubamba Province, Department of Cuzco, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.1628° or 13° 9' 46" southLongitude
-72.5454° or 72° 32' 43" westPopulation
5,350Elevation
3,454 metres (11,332 feet)Open Location Code
57R9RFP3+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7107582760OpenStreetMap Feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
8350009Wikidata ID
Q2702856Machupicchu District Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Aymara: Machu Pikchu jisk'a t'aqa suyu
- Catalan: districte de Machupicchu
- Cebuano: Machupicchu
- Chinese: 馬丘比丘區
- Dutch: Machupicchu
- Dutch: Machupicchu District
- French: District de Machu Picchu
- French: district de Machupicchu
- Georgian: მაჩუპიქჩუს რაიონი
- German: Distrikt Machupicchu
- Italian: Distretto di Machupicchu
- Japanese: マチュピチュ地区
- Portuguese: Machupicchu
- Quechua: Machu Pikchu distritu
- Russian: Мачу-Пикчу
- Russian: Мачупикчу
- Spanish: Distrito de Macchupicchu
- Spanish: Distrito de Machu Picchu
- Spanish: Distrito de Machupicchu
- Ukrainian: Мачу-Пікчу
- Urdu: ماچوپیکچو ضلع
- Machu Picchu
In the Area
Localities
- ColpaniHamlet, 5 km northwest
- Santa TeresaVillage, 6 km northwest
- HuadquiñaVillage, 7 km northwest
- SurirayVillage, 7 km southwest
- PaltaychayocVillage, 9 km southwest
- LucmabambaHamlet, 9 km southwest
Landmarks
- IntihuantanaStone
- Temple of the Three WindowsPlace of worship
- Principal TemplePlace of worship
- Sacred PlazaSquare
- Templo del SolPlace of worship
- Water MirrorsSpring
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