Description

• Population Size and location: Located in southeastern Peru with a Surface: 71.999 km2 and a population of 1'143, 354 inhabitants.
  
• Wheater : is cold and dry, with temperatures ranging between 5 ° and 13 ° Celsius
  
• Production: livestock, cattle, llamas, alpacas, vicuna and sheep fishing, trout, mackerel, and suche carachi. agricultural, the second national producer of potato
• History: The first inhabitants settled in the Peruvian highlands in the department of Puno between 10,000 and 12,000 BC, were three native cultures that inhabited the plateau: the Tiahuanacos, the Aymara and Quechua that after they were overrun by the Incas and that's where comes the legend that the lake Titicaca emerged the first Inca Manco Capac and his wife, Ocllo to establish the rule of Tahuantinsuyo.
  On November 4, 1668 was founded the present city of Puno. They say the rich mining area of an entire street paved with bricks of money to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy. On the anniversary is staged out of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo of Lake Titicaca. For their ancestral customs Puno is considered the capital of South American folklore and experiential tourism.
  

MAIN  ATTRACTIONS TOURIST

• THE TITICACA LAKE: The Titicaca Lake is the highest navigable lake in the world. Is located at 3.809 meters, with an approximate area of 8.560 km2
  
• IN THE CITY: The Cathedral, Balcony of the Conde de Lemos, Carlos Dreyer Museum, Museum of Popular Art, Hill Huajsapata

• IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: The Titicaca Lake, the floating Uros Islands, Taquile Island and Lovers, The Chullpas Sillustani, the Inca temple of fertility in Chucuito Juli Port baroque style, the people Lampa