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Aconcagua. The Andes ( / ˈændiːz / AN-deez ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range ( Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 km (5,530 mi) long and 200 to 700 km (124 to 435 mi) wide ...
Vinicunca, or Winikunka, also called Montaña de Siete Colores (literally: Mountain of seven colors ), Montaña de Colores ( Mountain of colors) or Montaña Arcoíris ( Rainbow Mountain ), is a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude of 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) above sea level. [1] [2] It is located on the road to the Ausangate mountain ...
Sabancaya is an active 5,976-metre-high (19,606 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Arequipa. It is considered part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three distinct volcanic belts of the Andes. The Central Volcanic Zone includes a number of volcanoes, some of which like ...
Andén. An andén (plural andenes ), Spanish for "platform", [1] is a stair-step like terrace dug into the slope of a hillside for agricultural purposes. The term is most often used to refer to the terraces built by pre-Columbian cultures in the Andes mountains of South America. Andenes had several functions, the most important of which was to ...
Cajamarca ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaxaˈmaɾka] ), also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru at approximately 2,750 m (8,900 ft) above sea level [2] in the ...
Cusco or Cuzco [a] ( [ˈkusko]; Quechua: Qusqu or Qosqo ( [ˈqɔsqɔ]) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the Department of Cusco and of the Cusco Province. The city is the seventh most populous in Peru; in 2017, it had a population of 428,450.
Puno. Tacna. Tumbes. SanMartín. Ucayali. Clickable map of the departments of Peru. According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions ( Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments ( departamentos) but faced ...
Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Sacred Valley of the Incas ( Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa ), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital of Cusco. It is located in the present-day Peruvian region of Cusco. In colonial documents it was referred to as the "Valley of Yucay ."