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Puno Department is a region located in southeastern Peru, situated in the high Andes mountains near Lake Titicaca. It matters because it is home to significant indigenous populations, important cultural heritage, and the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca, one of South America's largest and most historically important bodies of water.
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Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- Established
- April 26, 1822
- Capital
- Puno
- Provinces
- List Azángaro Carabaya Chucuito El Collao Huancané Lampa Melgar Moho Puno San Antonio de Putina Sandia San Román Yunguyo
- Type
- Regional Government
- Governor
- Richard Hancco
- Total
- 66,997 km (25,868 sq mi)
- Density
- 17.504/km (45.334/sq mi)
- Demonym
- puneño/a
- Dialing code
- 0+51
- Iso 3166 code
- PE-PUN
- Principal resources
- Quinoa ; it is also the nation's largest producer of potatoes , sheep , alpacas and llamas .
- Poverty rate
- 60.8% (INEI 2009)
- Percentage of peru s gdp
- 2.3%
- Website
- www.regionpuno.gob.pe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Peru
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Peru
- Contains
- Yunguyo Province
- Capital
- Puno
- Population
- 1203271
- Area
- 71999
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- La Paz Department
- Image
- Photo - Floating Islands (Puno, Peru).JPG
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- Puno Department
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- Category:Department of Puno
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Encyclopedic overview
Puno ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpuno]; Aymara and Quechua: Punu) is a department of Peru. Located in the country's southeast, it is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia to the east, the departments of Madre de Dios to the north, Cusco and Arequipa to the west, Moquegua to the southwest, and Tacna to the south. It is administered by a regional government. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicaca in the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra.
History
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