The city Cuzco
Cuzco FlagCuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes Mountains. It is the capital of the Cuzco region as well as the Cuzco province. The city's population is 348,935. Its altitude is around 10,800 feet. Cuzco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire. It is a huge tourist destination and receives about a million visitors a year. The climate is mainly dry and temperate. The dry season lasts from April to October. The wet season is November to March. In 2006, Cuzco was found to be the spot on Earth with the highest Ultra-Violet light level.
There are three main types of climate-areas in Peru. The first is all of the North Eastern and Eastern part of Peru. That is mostly rain forests and small clearings for towns. The next is the central western part, which is mostly highlands and mountains. (The Andes mountain range.) The last part is all of the western area all the way to the ocean. This is a dry desert or in some places a coast.
