Puno region

Puno region
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Peru
Capital	Puno
surface	66,997 km²
Residents	1,415,600 (2015)
density	21 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PE-PUN
Website	www.regionpuno.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Gobernador regional	Walter Alduviri Calisaya (2019-2022)
Provinces of the Puno Region

Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′  S , 70 ° 5 ′  W

The region of Puno [ ˈpuno ] (Spanish Región Puno , Quechua Punu suyu ) is a region in southern Peru . 1,415,600 people live in an area of ​​66,988 km². The capital is Puno .

population

More than three quarters of the population are indigenous . The most common mother tongues are Quechua (42%, variant Qusqu-Qullaw ), Spanish (29%) and Aymara (27%). This makes Puno the Peruvian region with the highest proportion of Aymara native speakers.

geography

The region borders Bolivia to the east .

Within Puno, the Peruvian part is on Lake Titicaca .

Provinces

The region is divided into thirteen provinces.

province	Capital
Azángaro	Azángaro
Carabaya	Macusani
Chucuito	July
El Collao	Ilave
Huancané	Huancané
Lampa	Lampa
Melgar	Ayaviri
Moho	Moho
Puno	Puno
San Antonio de Putina	Putina
Sandia	Sandia
San Roman	Juliaca
Yunguyo	Yunguyo

Others

On September 15, 2007, the meteoroid impact of Carancas occurred south of Lake Titicaca in the province of Chucuito .

Web links

Commons : Region Puno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica: 2017 census. Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar. Retrieved October 9, 2018 (Spanish).