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Cusco Province — Province — Puka Pukara Inca ruins near Cusco [[File: |250px|none|alt=|Location of Cusco Province in the Cusco Region]]Location of Cusco Province in the Cusco Region
Country Peru Region Cusco Founded Capital Cusco Government - Mayor Marina Sequeiros Montesinos (2007) Area - Total 617.0 km2 (238.2 sq mi) Population - Total 348,493 UBIGEO 0801 Website www.municusco.gob.pe Cusco Province is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Political division
The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
- Ccorca (Ccorca)
- Cusco (Cusco)
- Poroy (Poroy)
- San Jerónimo (San Jerónimo)
- San Sebastián (San Sebastián)
- Santiago (Santiago)
- Saylla (Saylla)
- Wanchaq (Wanchaq)
Provinces of Cusco Region | Peru
Acomayo | Anta | Calca | Canas | Canchis | Chumbivilcas | Cusco | Espinar | La Convención | Paruro | Paucartambo | Quispicanchi | Urubamba
Categories:- Provinces of the Cusco Region
- Provinces of Peru
- Cusco Region geography stubs
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