Huayllabamba, Urubamba

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Huayllabamba
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Yukay (on the left) and Huayllabamba (on the right)
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Huayllabamba
Coordinates: 13°20′47″S72°04′02″W / 13.34639°S 72.06722°W / -13.34639; -72.06722
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Urubamba
District Huayllabamba
Government
  MayorSegundo Fortunato Lopez Quispe
Elevation
2,866 m (9,403 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)

Huayllabamba is a town in Southern Peru, in the province Urubamba in the Cusco region. [1] The town is capital of Huayllabamba District. It is located in what is known as the Sacred valley of the Incas. In Quechua, "huaylla" means grassy and "bamba" means plain, e.g. "grassy plain." "Bamba" is a variation of the word "pampa."

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References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved June 15, 2008

13°20′47″S72°04′02″W / 13.34639°S 72.06722°W / -13.34639; -72.06722