Chucuito Province

Chucuito
Province
San Juan de Latrán church in Juli
Location of Chucuito in the Puno Region
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Capital	Juli
Government
• Mayor	Eugenio Barbaito Constanza
Area
• Total	3,978.13 km^2 (1,535.96 sq mi)
Population
• Total	110,083
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2104

Chucuito Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.^[1] The capital of the province is the city of Juli.

Languages

According to the 2007 census, Aymara was spoken by 72.4% of the population as their first language, while 26.8% spoke Spanish, 0.6% spoke Quechua, 0.1% spoke Asháninka, 0.0% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.

Political division

The province measures 3,978.13 square kilometres (1,535.96 sq mi) and is divided into seven districts:

District	Mayor	Capital	Ubigeo
Juli	Eugenio Barbaito Constanza	Juli	210401
Desaguadero		Desaguadero	210402
Huacullani	Jaime Musaja Chipana	Huacullani	210403
Kelluyo	Demetrio Salamanca Choque	Kelluyo	210404
Pisacoma	Nestor Jaime Chino Coaquira	Pisacoma	210405
Pomata	Mario Calani Morales	Pomata	210406
Zepita	Mateo Jilaja Mollo	Zepita	210407

History

Chucuito is cited by Comentarios Reales de los Incas. On the 1st chapter of the 3th book of Comentarios reales de los incas, Chucuito is mentioned because of huge monuments and anthropomorphic statues. ^[2]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:^[3]

• Arichuwa
• Atapalluni
• Chuqi Patilla
• Llallawa
• Qarwa P'iq'iña
• Qhapiya

See also

• Parinaquta
• Qhapiya
• Quraquta
• Q'axilu
• Tanqa Tanqa

References

1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved December 29, 2007
2. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios reales de los incas, Lisbona 1609
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chucuito or El Collao Province (Puno Region)

Coordinates: 16°12′52″S 69°27′27″W / 16.214396°S 69.457381°W