Santa Teresa District

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Santa Teresa
District

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Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province La Convención
Founded October 11, 1957
Capital Santa Teresa
Government
 •  Mayor Marcos Reynaldo Vargas Contreras
Area
 • Total 1,340.38 km2 (517.52 sq mi)
Elevation 1,550 m (5,090 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 7,399
 • Density 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 080908

Santa Teresa District is one of ten districts of the La Convención Province in the Cusco Region of Peru. [1]

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

La Convención Province Province in Cusco, Peru

La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Santa Teresa, Peru is situated 6.5 km northwest of Machu Picchu and is at the axis of several important routes leading to this archeological centre, including alternative paths ways to the ruins (previously the railway was the only means of reaching Machu Picchu). In 1998, a landslide completely buried the town and destroyed the bridge that connected it to Machu Picchu and Cusco, however the bridge has subsequently been rebuilt.

Machu Picchu 16th-century Inca site in Peru

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District in Peru, above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows, which cuts through the Cordillera and originates a canyon with a tropical mountain climate.

Geography

The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Kiswar at 5,771 m (18,934 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine .. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ Jill Neate, Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes, Peru
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the La Convención Province and Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
  4. ↑ Conny Amelunxen, South America, Peru, Cordillera Vilcabamba, Pumasillo Group, Multiple Ascents, AAC publications

Coordinates: 13°07′47″S72°35′55″W / 13.12972°S 72.59861°W / -13.12972; -72.59861

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