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."
Huayllabamba
Wayllapampa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Yukay (on the left) and Huayllabamba (on the right) | |
  Huayllabamba | |
| Coordinates: 13°20′47″S 72°04′02″W / 13.34639°S 72.06722°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Urubamba |
| District | Huayllabamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Segundo Fortunato Lopez Quispe |
| Elevation | 2,866 m (9,403 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 15, 2008
External links
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