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Chucuito
Sign in to savethumbthumb|right|Aerial view of Chucuito and Lake Titicaca.thumb|right|Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. Chucuito is a village in the Chucuito District, Puno Province, Peru. It is from the city of Puno. It sits at above sea level. The population is 7,913.
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- Locality
- Chucuito
- Region
- Puno
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- America/Lima
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thumbthumb|right|Aerial view of Chucuito and Lake Titicaca.thumb|right|Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. Chucuito is a village in the Chucuito District, Puno Province, Peru. It is from the city of Puno. It sits at above sea level. The population is 7,913.
The town was important in pre-Inca times and described by Pedro De Cieza De Leon, who was told by the locals that Chucuito was the oldest site in the region and continued to be held as a sacred site by the Inca. The town previously consisted of large buildings and was a major center of power.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chucuito” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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