Chivay is a town in the Colca valley, capital of the Caylloma province in the

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated cit ...

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. Located at about 3,600 m above sea level (12,000 ft), it lies upstream of the renowned

Colca Canyon The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 - 2000 m (3300 - 6600 ft) (whereas bottom is at cca 2000 m and edges are at 3000 - 4000 metres above the sea le ...

. It has a central town square and an active market. Ten km to the east, and 1,500 metres above the town of Chivay lies the Chivay obsidian source. Thermal springs are located 3 km from town; a number of heated pools have been constructed. A stone "Inca" bridge crosses the Colca River ravine, just to the north of the town. The town is a popular staging point for tourists visiting Condor Cross or Cruz Del Condor, where condors can be seen catching thermal uplifts a few kilometres downstream. File:Inca bridge chivay.jpg, alt=Bridge near Chivay known as the Inca Bridge, "Puente Inca" near Chivay File:Chivay-market.JPG, Chivay market File:Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque, Chivey Peru.jpg, Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque in Chivay File:Bullring.jpg, Ruins of a ring of terraces often incorrectly called a "bullring" or amphitheater; part of the Chivay Ruinas park overlooking Chivay, north side of Rio Colca

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Populated places in the Arequipa Region {{Arequipa-geo-stub

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