Chucuito Province
Template:Infobox Province Peru Chucuito Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Juli.
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:
| District | Mayor | Capital | Ubigeo |
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| Juli | Eugenio Barbaito Constanza | Juli | 210401 |
| Desaguadero | Desaguadero | 210402 | |
| Huacullani | Jaime Musaja Chipana | Huacullani | 210403 |
| Kelluyo | Demetrio Salamanca Choque | Kelluyo | 210404 |
| Pisacoma | Nestor Jaime Chino Coaquira | Pisacoma | 210405 |
| Pomata | Mario Calani Morales | Pomata | 210406 |
| Zepita | Mateo Jilaja Mollo | Zepita | 210407 |
History
Chucuito is cited by Comentarios Reales de los Incas. On the 1st chapter of the 3th[clarification needed] book of Comentarios reales de los incas, Chucuito is mentioned because of huge monuments and anthropomorphic statues. [2]
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[3]
See also
References
- ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Template:Wayback, Retrieved December 29, 2007
- ^ Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios reales de los incas, Lisbona 1609
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chucuito or El Collao Province (Puno Region)
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