Yunguyo is a town in 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 ...
in southeastern
Peru
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. It is the capital of
Yunguyo Province
Yunguyo Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Yunguyo.
Political division
The province measures and is divided into seven districts:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainl ...
and
Yunguyo District
Yunguyo District is one of seven districts of the province Yunguyo in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (62.50%) learnt ...
. It has a population of 12,625 (2008 estimate).
Yunguyo is located on a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
on the shores of
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, ...
. The border with
Bolivia
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runs next to the town and a road connects it with the town of
Copacabana located a few kilometers away on the Bolivian side of the peninsula.
Populated places in the Puno Region
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