Quillabamba

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| established_date = 25 July 1857

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| leader_name = Master Alex Curi Leon

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| elevation_m = 1050

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Quillabamba is a city in southern Peru. It is the capital of La Convención Province, which is the largest province in area of the Cusco Region. It is located in an area called the high jungle. Agriculture is the most important activity, principally coffee, cacao, tea and coca. The town is a mixture of Andean and Amazonian migrants.

The Urubamba River flows by the town from the south. It is a source of gold and rare-earth minerals.

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

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|location = Quillabamba, elevation {{convert|1001|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)

|Jan high C = 30.0

|Feb high C = 29.6

|Mar high C = 30.0

|Apr high C = 30.2

|May high C = 30.3

|Jun high C = 30.4

|Jul high C = 30.5

|Aug high C = 31.6

|Sep high C = 32.0

|Oct high C = 31.9

|Nov high C = 31.5

|Dec high C = 30.2

|year high C =

|Jan low C = 19.6

|Feb low C = 19.4

|Mar low C = 19.4

|Apr low C = 19.3

|May low C = 18.6

|Jun low C = 17.7

|Jul low C = 16.8

|Aug low C = 17.9

|Sep low C = 18.7

|Oct low C = 19.2

|Nov low C = 19.7

|Dec low C = 19.6

|year low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 157.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 176.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 150.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 77.0

|May precipitation mm = 31.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 14.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 17.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 28.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 32.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 84.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 75.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 126.6

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|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones

| archive-date = 21 August 2023

| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones

| title = Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020

| publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru

| access-date = 25 October 2023}}

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Notable Resident

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