Puno
Puno under afternoon storm clouds.
Nickname: Capital folklorica del Peru y Sud America (folkloric capital of Peru and South America)
Puno Location in Peru
Coordinates: 15°50′36″S 70°01′25″W / -15.84333, -70.02361
Country	Peru
Region	Puno Region
Province	Puno Province
Elevation	3,860 m (12,421 ft)
Population
- Total	100 168
Time zone	UTC-5 (UTC)

Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, at 3,860 m (12,421 ft) above sea level. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Puno is a region in southeastern Peru. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east the Madre de Dios Region on the north the Cusco and Puno is a Province in the Puno Region, in southeastern Peru. It borders the provinces of Huancane, San Román, El Collao The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is also the capital and largest city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province. Puno is a region in southeastern Peru. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east the Madre de Dios Region on the north the Cusco and Puno is a Province in the Puno Region, in southeastern Peru. It borders the provinces of Huancane, San Román, El Collao The city was established in 1668 by viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro as capital of the province of Paucarcolla with the name San Juan Bautista de Puno. Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro conde de Lemos (in full Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro Andrade y Portugal décimo conde de Lemos marqués de Sarria y duque of Taurisano The name was later changed to San Carlos de Puno, in honor of king Charles II of Spain. Charles II ( November 6 1661, Madrid – November 1 1700, Madrid was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the The city boasts several churches dating back from the colonial period, they were built to service the Spanish population and evangelize the natives.

Overview

Today, Puno is an important agricultural and livestock region; particularly of South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) which graze on its immense plateaus and plains. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The llama ( Lama glama) is a South American Camelid, widely used as a Pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes The Alpaca ( Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American Camelid. In Geology and Earth science, a plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting In Geography, a plain is an area of land with relatively low relief — meaning that it is flat Many homes in Puno, much like surrounding cities, are half-finished. This is done so that the inhabitants do not have to pay taxes. Much of the city economy relies on the black market, fueled by cheap goods smuggled in from Bolivia. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Puno has been designated to become a Special Economic Zone or "Zona Económica" by Peru's president, Alan Garcia. A Special Economic Zone ( SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country's typical economic laws Puno is served by the Inca Manco Capac International Airport in nearby Juliaca. Juliaca is a city in the Puno Region, Peru. It is the region's largest city and capital of the San Román province

Puno is known as the "Capital folklórica del Perú" (folkloric capital of Peru) due to its wealth of artistic and cultural expressions, particularly dance. They are most notable during the celebrations of the Feast of the "Virgen de la Candelaria" and the Regional Competition of Autochthonous Dances. Puno's access to Lake Titicaca is surrounded by 41 floating islands. Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants mud and peat ranging in thickness from a few inches to several feet To this day, the Uros people maintain and live on these man-made islands, depending on the lake for their survival and are a large tourist destination. The Uros is the name of a group of pre- Incan people who live on 42 self-fashioned floating man-made islets located in Lake Titicaca off Puno,

Puno Cathedral

Floating islands

External links

• Travel Guide Puno
• Movies & Pics, Festivity Virgin Of The Candelaria 2008
• Puno travel guide from Wikitravel

References

• FallingRain Map - elevation = 3808m