Juli District is one of seven
districts of the
Chucuito Province
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''. On the 1st chapter of the 3th book of Comentarios reales de los incas, ...
in
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...
,
Peru
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Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
K'isini at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
History
Juli is mentioned as the third site where a
printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...
was established in the Americas, in 1612, following one in Mexico and another in Lima.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
descent.
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
is the language which the majority of the population (68.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.56% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
language (
2007 Peru Census).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Authorities
Mayors
* 2011-2014: Juan Ludgerio Aguilar Olivera.
* 2007-2010: Eugenio Barbaito Constanza.
Gallery
File:Mural paintings Juli-1.jpg, Mural paintings, Juli
File:Mural paintings Juli-2.jpg, Mural paintings, Juli
File:Mural paintings Juli-3.jpg, Mural paintings, Juli
See also
* Administrative divisions of Peru
The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time since the nation gained independence from Spain in the early 19th century. The old territorial subdivisions have split or merged due to several reasons, the most common ones being ...
* List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have bee ...
References
External links
INEI Peru
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