Huacullani District

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Huacullani District
The Huacullani district is located in the central west of the Chucuito Province (marked in red)
The Huacullani district is located in the central west of the Chucuito Province (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Puno
province ChucuitoTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Huacullani
surface 627 km²
Residents 9237 (2017)
density 15 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 PE-PUN
politics
Alcalde District Basilio Mendoza Uriarte
(2019-2022)
The church in Huacullani
The church in Huacullani

Coordinates: 16 ° 38 ′  S , 69 ° 19 ′  W

The Huacullani district is located in the Chucuito province in the Puno region in southern Peru . The district has an area of ​​627 km² (according to other sources: 705 km²). The 2017 census counted 9,237 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 5678, in 2007 it was 14,906. The administrative seat of the district is the 3937  m high town of Huacullani with 2466 inhabitants (as of 2017). Huacullani is about 50 km south-southeast of the provincial capital July .

Geographical location

The Huacullani district is located in the Altiplano south-southwest of Lake Titicaca in the central west of the Chucuito province.

The district of Huacullani borders in the south with the district Pisacoma , in the southwest with the district Santa Rosa , in the west with the district Conduriri (both in the province El Collao ), in the northwest with the district Juli , in the north with the district Pomata , in the northeast to the district of Zepita and to the southeast to the district of Kelluyo .

Individual evidence

  1. a b PERU: Region Puno - Provinces and Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Huacullani District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files