Chucuito Province is a
province of the
Puno Region in
Peru. The capital of the province is the city of
Juli.
History
Chucuito is cited by ''
Comentarios Reales de los Incas
The ''Comentarios Reales de los Incas'' is a book written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the first published mestizo writer of Colonialism, colonial Andean South America. The ''Comentarios Reales de los Incas'' is considered by most to be the unqu ...
''. On the 1st chapter of the 3th book of
Comentarios reales de los incas
The ''Comentarios Reales de los Incas'' is a book written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the first published mestizo writer of Colonialism, colonial Andean South America. The ''Comentarios Reales de los Incas'' is considered by most to be the unqu ...
, Chucuito is mentioned because of huge monuments and anthropomorphic statues.
Geography
One of the highest elevations of the province is
Chuqi Patilla
Chuqi Patilla ( Aymara ''chuqi'' gold, ''patilla'' step, (see: ''Peldaño o escalón. Grada'') "gold step", Hispanicized spelling ''Choquepatilla'') is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is situated in the Puno Region, C ...
at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Chucuito Province, Puno Region]
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
The Asháninka or Asháninca are an indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and in the State of Acre, Brazil. Their ancestral lands are in the forests of Junín, Pasco, Huánuco and part of Ucayali in Peru.
Population
The Ashá ...
, 0.0% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.
Political division
The province measures and is divided into seven districts:
See also
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Parinaquta
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Quraquta
Quraquta (Aymara ''qura'' herb, ''quta'' lake, "herb lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Coracota'') is a lake in Peru located in the Puno Region, Chucuito Province, Kelluyo District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chucuito Province (Puno Region) ...
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Q'axilu Q'axilu ( Aymara, hispanicized spelling ''Cajelo'', also ''Kajelo, K'ajelo, Q'ajelo'') is a folk dance of the Aymara people in the Puno Region of Peru. It is a typical dance of the Puno, Chucuito and El Collao provinces. Q'axilu is also the name o ...
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Tanqa Tanqa
References
Provinces of the Puno Region
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