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ID: 7005819
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005819
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cuzco (inhabited place)  Cuzco (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 31 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -13.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 071 58 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -71.9667  decimal degrees

Note: It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere. Formerly the capital of the extensive Inca empire. Often called the "Archaeological Capital of South America"; taken by Spanish under Pizarro 1533; famous for ruins of Inca temples, fortresses, walls & palaces; suffered great damage during earthquake in 1950.

Names:
Cuzco (preferred,C,V)
Cusco (C,V)
City of the Sun (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Peru (nation)  ........  Peru (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuzco (region (administrative division))  ............  Cuzco (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuzco (inhabited place)  ................  Cuzco (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  according to legend, was founded in 11th cen. by Manco Capac, called the first Inca ruler
city (C)
regional capital (C)
archaeological site (C)
educational center (C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  Cuzco was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983
capital (H)  ............  of Incan Empire, 15th cen.

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Inca Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, South America) [6002741]

Sources and Contributors:
City of the Sun..........  [VP]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 306
Cusco..........  [VP]
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Cuzco..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1985)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 306
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 14 February 2018

 

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