Amantaní
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Amantani is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. According to a 1988 census, it had a population of 3,663 Quechua speakers divided among about 800 families. The most current census (2017) estimates a population of 3,557. The island is circular and about in size. It has two mountain peaks, Pachatata ("father earth") and Pachamama ("mother earth"), with ancient Inca and Tiwanaku ruins on top of both. The hillsides are terraced, mostly worked by hand, and planted with wheat, quinoa, potatoes, and other vegetables. Livestock, including sheep, also graze the slopes.
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Amantaní, and connects out to Peru, Bolivia and potato.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Islands of Lake Titicaca and Lake islands of Peru.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Amantani
- Islands.image_name
- Intikawan Amantani.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Amantani in the distance as seen from Taquile
- Islands.location
- Lake Titicaca
- Islands.area_km2
- 9.28
- Islands.highest_mount
- Pachatata
- Islands.country
- Peru
- Islands.population
- 3.557
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2017
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Quechua
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Puno Department
- Population
- 3663
- Area
- 15
- Body of water
- Titicaca
- Location
- Titicaca
- Image
- Intikawan Amantani.jpg
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- Amantaní
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Encyclopedic overview
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Amantani is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. According to a 1988 census, it had a population of 3,663 Quechua speakers divided among about 800 families. The most current census (2017) estimates a population of 3,557. The island is circular and about in size. It has two mountain peaks, Pachatata ("father earth") and Pachamama ("mother earth"), with ancient Inca and Tiwanaku ruins on top of both. The hillsides are terraced, mostly worked by hand, and planted with wheat, quinoa, potatoes, and other vegetables. Livestock, including sheep, also graze the slopes.
Amantani is known as the "Island of the Kantuta", after the national flower of Peru and Bolivia, which grows plentifully on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amantaní” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations