- Population 25,000 (about the same population of Sanger)
- Elevation 10,330 ft (Mt Whitney is only about 4000 feet higher)
- Legend has it that a heavy gold chain lies in the bottom of the Laguna (the lake), frantically thrown there by the Inca Huascar to preserve it from the rapidly approaching Spanish invaders.
- The small chapel in town is heavily decorated with valuable murals from a Cusco school.
- There are no ATMs in Urco.
- The police station is in the uphill left corner of the Plaza de Armus.
- The Catholic church in town is St. James Apostle Casa Parroquial Urcos.
- March averages 22 rain days each year.
- Because of the altitude water boils at 193 degrees and not 212 like in Fresno.
