La '''Sankta Valo de Inkaoj''' aŭ '''Urubamba Valo''' estas [[valo]] en [[Andoj]] de [[Peruo]], ĉe la ĉefurbo de la [[Inkaa Imperio]] nome [[Kusko]] kaj la antikva urbo [[Maĉupikĉuo]]. ItĜi issituantas locateden inla thenuna present-dayperua Peruvian[[regiono region of CuscoKusko]]. InEn colonialkoloniaj documentsdokumentoj itĝi isestas referredaludita tokiel as the"Valo Jukaj"Valley of Yucay." AccordingtoLaŭ recentĵusaj researchespriserxadoj itĝi encompassesenhavas thela heartlandkernon ofde thela IncaInkaa EmpireImperio.<ref>Bauer, Brian S. andkaj L. Alan Covey 2002 “Pocesses of state Formation in the Inca Heartland (Cusco – Peru)” Américan Anthropologist 104(3):846-864.</ref>
TheLa valleyvalo isĝenerale generallyestas understoodkomprenita tokiel includeenhavante everythingĉion betweeninter CalcaKalka andkaj LamayLamaj, [[Písac]], andkaj [[Ollantaytambo]]. TheLa valleyvalo wasestis formedformita byde thela [[rivero Urubamba River]], alsokonata knownankaŭ askiel Willkanutarivero RiverVilkanuta (en [[AymaraAjmara languagelingvo|Aymaraajmara]], "house of the sunsundomo") oraŭ WillkamayuVilkamaju ([[Quechua language|Quechua]]). The latter, in Quechua, the still spoken ''lingua franca'' of the Inca Empire, means the ''sacred river''. It is fed by numerous rivers which descend through adjoining valleys and gorges, and contains numerous archaeological remains and villages. The valley was appreciated by the Incas due to its special geographical and climatic qualities. It was one of the empire's main points for the extraction of natural wealth, and one of the most important areas for [[maize]] production in Peru northwards from Pisac. The early Incas may have come from [[Wimpillay]], as their mummies had been discovered there.<ref>Covey, R.A. (2003) “A processual study of Inka state formation” Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 22(4)S. 333-357.</ref> Large scale maize production started around 1400 as Inca urban agriculture<ref>Protzen, Jean Pierre. 1993 Inca architecture and construction at Ollantaytambo. Oxford University Press, New York.</ref> based on varieties bred in Moray, either a governmental crop lab<ref>Earls, John (1989) Planificación agrícola andina. Bases para un manejo cibernético de sistemas de andenes, Lima : ''Univ. del Pacífico y COFIDE''</ref> or a seedling nursery of the Incas.<ref>Plachetka, Uwe Christian, Pietsch, Stephan.A. (2009) ''„El centro Vaviloviano en el Perú. Un conjunto socio-ecológico frente a riesgos extremos” Tikpa Pachapaq'' 1(1) – Huancayo, Peru:9-16</ref>
