Machupicchu District

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Machupicchu | native_name = Machu Pikchu | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Machu Picchu01.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = The archaeological site of Machu Pikchu in the Machupicchu District | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Escudo de armas del distrito de Machupicchu.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = frameless | pushpin_map = Peru | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Machupicchu in the Urubamba province | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates = {{coord|13.1547|S|72.5253|W|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:PE_type:adm3rd|display=title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Cusco | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Urubamba | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = October 1, 1941 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Machupicchu | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Elvis La Torre<br><small>(2023-2026)</small> | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 271.44 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 2060 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 5347 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = PET | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = 081304 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Machupicchu''' (from Quechua '''Machu Pikchu''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129155515/http://www.digeibir.gob.pe/sites/default/files/documentos/DICCIONARIO%20QUECHUA%20COLLAO%20BAJA.pdf Nonato Rufino Chuquimamani Valer, Carmen Gladis Alosilla Morales, Victoria Choque Valer: Qullaw Qichwapa Simi Qullqan. Lima, 2014] p. 70</ref> "old peak")<ref>Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua.</ref> is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref> The village of Machupicchu is the seat or capital of the district.<ref>[http://spij.minjus.gob.pe/CLP/contenidos.dll/CLPlegcargen/coleccion00000.htm/tomo00402.htm/a%C3%B1o15575.htm/mes15782/dia15804/sector15805/sumilla15808.htm?f=templates$fn=document-frame.htm$3.0#JD_L9396 spij.minjus.gob.pe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827130646/http://spij.minjus.gob.pe/CLP/contenidos.dll/CLPlegcargen/coleccion00000.htm/tomo00402.htm/a%C3%B1o15575.htm/mes15782/dia15804/sector15805/sumilla15808.htm?f=templates$fn=document-frame.htm$3.0#JD_L9396 |date=2017-08-27 }} Ley 9396 (Law 9396 of October 1, 1941) (in Spanish): ''"... El nuevo distrito que se crea por la presente ley se denominará Machupicchu y tendrá por capital la población de este nombre que se ha formado alrededor de la actual Estación de Machupicchu. ..."''</ref>

== Geography == The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)</ref>

* K'urkur Urqu * Phutuq K'usi * P'allqay * Sallqantay * Tunki Urqu * Wayna Pikchu

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Category:Districts of the Urubamba province Category:1941 establishments in Peru