Chucuito is a village in the Chucuito District, Puno Province,

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is from the city of

Puno Puno ( Aymara and ) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was established in ...

. It sits at above sea level. The population is 7,913. The town was important in pre-

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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.

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File:The church in Chucuito.jpg, The church in Chucuito File:Chucuito-1.jpg, In front of the Church of the Assumption in Chucuito File:Chucuito-2.jpg, Beheaded colonial sculptures File:Chucuito-3.jpg, Church in Chucuito File:Chucuito-4.jpg, The interior of the church in Chucuito

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{{Puno-geo-stub Populated places in the Department of Puno Populated places on Lake Titicaca Populated lakeshore places in Peru