Chucuito Province


Chucuito Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Juli.

History

Chucuito is cited by Comentarios Reales de los Incas. On the 1st chapter of the 3th book of Comentarios reales de los incas, Chucuito is mentioned because of huge monuments and anthropomorphic statues.

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the province is Chuqi Patilla at approximately. Other mountains are listed below:

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 and is divided into seven districts:
DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
JuliJusto Apaza DelgadoJuli210401
DesaguaderoDesaguadero210402
HuacullaniJaime Musaja ChipanaHuacullani210403
KelluyoDemetrio Salamanca ChoqueKelluyo210404
PisacomaNestor Jaime Chino CoaquiraPisacoma210405
PomataMario Calani MoralesPomata210406
ZepitaMateo Jilaja MolloZepita210407