Puno is the capital of Peru's Puno Region and Puno Province, on the shore of Lake Titicaca at an elevation of about 3,830 meters in the southern Altiplano. Viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernandez de Castro established the city on November 4, 1668, originally as San Juan Bautista de Puno, capital of Paucarcolla Province, later renamed San Carlos de Puno to honor King Charles II of Spain. The 2017 census recorded a population of 135,288. Puno is known for its colonial-era churches and for its proximity to Lake Titicaca's floating islands, home to the Uros people, which make it a major tourist destination.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Puno (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 128,637 (2017)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Puno
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 3834.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 3834.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -15.75, -70.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -15.75, -70.25
-15.75 -70.25 ET
4. GeoNames: Puno - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3931276, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)Quote, cities500 record 3931276, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)
-15.84003 -70.02198 P PPLA PE 21 2101 210101 128637 3792 America/Lima
Puno (Wikipedia)
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Puno (Aymara and Quechua: Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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