Cuzco Region in the Southern Highlands of Peru is bordered by the Ucayali Region on the North; the Madre de Dios and Puno Region on the East; the Arequipa Region on the South; and the Apurimac, Ayacucho, and Junin Regions on the West. Its capital is Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
Cuzco state is divided into 13 provinces, and the largest one is La Convencion Province. As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convencion is one of the 3 Peruvian counties that prominently figure in the national coffee production, the other being Chanchamayo county in Junin state, and Jaen county in Cajamarca state.
The Convencion Province is bounded to the North by the Junin Region and the Ucayali Region; to the East by the Madre de Dios Region; to the South by the Anta Province, the Calca Province and the Urubamba Province; and to the West by the Ayacucho Region and the Apurimac Region.
The Uru-Bampa and Vilca-Bamba Mountain Ranges in the Andes traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are:
-Azul-Cocha (Quechua 'azul' meaning 'blue' and 'cocha' meaning 'lake.') a 5,269-m/17,287 ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range, on the border of the districts of Inca-Huasi and Vilca-Bamba. The mountain lies NorthWest of the Chacha-Coma-Yoc (Quechua for a type of plant with the suffix 'Yuq' meaning 'the one with the Chacha-Coma-Yok), a 5,667m/18,593ft high mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range.
-Chaupi-Mayo (Quechua 'chaupi' meaning 'central', 'middle', and 'mayu' meaning 'river', "central river") a 5,239m/17,188ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range, on the border of the districts of Santa Teresa and Vilca-Bamba. The mountain lies NorthEast of Choque-Tacarpo (Qhechua 'chopue' meaning 'metal' or 'every king of precious metal' and 'tacarpo' meaning 'nail' or 'stake', 'metal-nail' or 'metal stake') a 5,520m/18,110 mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range and Puma-Sillo(Quechua 'puma' or 'cougar' and 'sillo' meaning 'claw', "puma-claw") a 5,991m/19,656ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range .
-Chuchau-Jasa (Quechua 'chuchau' meaning 'agave' and 'jasa' meaning 'pass', "mountain pass") a 4,800m /15,748ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range, West of Quinoa Urqu (mountain), and North East of Azul-Cocha and P'Anta at a brook or valley named Jatun Huayco (Big brook/valley). It belongs to the watershed of the Apu-Rimac River, the source of the Amazon River.
-Choque-Zafra (Quechua 'choque' meaning 'every kind of precious metal' and 'zafra' meaning 'beard') a 5,152m/16,903ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range, on the border of the districts of Inca-Huasi and Vilca-Bamba. The mountain lies West of the P'Anta group and South of a river named Ranca-Huayco.
The Huajchay River originates NorthWest of the mountain. It flows to the SouthWest as a right affluent of the Apu-Rimac River.
-Choque-Tacarpo (Quechua 'choque' meaning 'precious metal' and 'tacarpo' meaning 'nail/stake') a 5,520m/18,110ft mountain in the Vilca-Bamba range, located in the districts Santa Teresa and Vilca-Bamba, North of the Puma-Sillo peak. The little river Moyoc originates East of the mountain. It flows to the South as an affluent of the Yanama River. .... etc.
The Plain of Anta contains some of the best communal cultivated lands of the Cuzco Region. It is located about 3,000m/9,800ft above sea level and is used to cultivate mainly high altitude crops such as potatoes, tarwi, barley and quinoa.
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