Paucartambo, Paucartambo Explained

Official Name:Paucartambo
Native Name:Pawqar Tampu
Pushpin Map:Peru
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Cusco
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Paucartambo
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Paucartambo
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mario Condori Huallpa
Settlement Type:Town
Timezone:PET
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:-13.3156°N -71.5917°W
Elevation M:2906

Paucartambo (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu,[1] meaning "colored tambo") is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco.[2] Paucartambo is home to the colourful Virgen del Carmen festival (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), held each 16 July. Paucartambo's three-day Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is one of the biggest street parties in Peru, and attracts tens of thousands of travellers, almost all Peruvian, each year.

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  1. 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
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved June 14, 2008