Department of Puno
Puno
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Uru people next to Lake Titicaca | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Puno within Peru | |
| Coordinates: 15°04′S 70°07′W / 15.07°S 70.12°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Established | April 26, 1822 |
| Capital | Puno |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Regional Government |
| • Governor | Richard Hancco |
| Area | |
• Total | 66,997 km2 (25,868 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,172,697 |
| • Density | 17.504/km2 (45.334/sq mi) |
| Demonym | puneño/a |
| UBIGEO | 21 |
| 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 |
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.