Country Peru Area 3,978 km² Region Puno Region | UBIGEO 2104 Capital Juli District | |
Chucuito Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Juli.
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Map of Chucuito Province, Peru
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:
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.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
References
Chucuito Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA