Lake Umayo (Spanish: Laguna Umayo) is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Atuncolla District
Atuncolla District is one of fifteen districts of Puno Province in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the first language which the majority of the population (90.06%) lea ...
of the
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 ...
of
Peru
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. The
Sillustani
Sillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, who are Aymara conquered by the Inca Empir ...
burial ground is near the shores of the lake. The lake is located at an elevation of and is about long and wide.
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See also
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List of lakes in Peru
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Hatunqucha
References
Bibliography
*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Puno Region
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