Province of Chucuito

The province of Chucuito is one of the thirteen that make up the department of Puno in southern Peru.

It borders in the north with the province of Yunguyo and Lake Titicaca, in the east with the province of Yunguyo and Bolivia, in the west with the province of El Collao and in the south with the department of Tacna.

From the hierarchical point of view of the Catholic Church, it is part of the prelature of Juli, suffragan of the archdiocese of Arequipa.

History

The Spanish foundation of Juli was given by the Dominican Legionaries on April 2, 1565, which is between 3840 and 4000 m s. n. m. Juli, called the Great Rome of America, is the capital of the province of Chucuito one hour and ten minutes from Puno (82 km), it is a beautiful and attractive corner of renewed sympathy for national tourism and foreign. It is located next to Lake Titicaca, it has an international pier, its commercial activity is active all year round, intensifying on the days of the trade fair: Sunday and Wednesday of each week.

Juli has a cultural heritage that is ten thousand years old. Its testimonies are multiple, from parietal art to stone monuments from the Sillumocco, Tianhuanaco, Lupi Jaki or Lupacas and Inca cultures. Part of this heritage is represented by stelae, monoliths, walls and chullpas, as well as the temples of San Ildelfonso, today Santa Cruz de Jerusalem; Santa María la Mayor, today the Assumption of Our Lady; the Temple of San Juan Bautista, known as San Juan de Letran, and that of Santo Tomás de Aquinas, known as San Pedro Mártir.

In this confine, there is a cultural richness that is unattainable in describing each of them, the main one being the traditional karapulis, quena quenas, which is celebrated every September 14, where the participant plays his quena dressed in a cover of Tiger skin. It is known that this customary dance accompanied by boisterous kusillos, also known as Orko Fiesta, has been practiced since 1826. The Incas participate, who carry out fighting rituals with strong whips, throw oranges and figs that predict that there will be potatoes and chuño (dehydrated potato), the other peasant communities carry out planting rituals to obtain an abundant harvest.

Geography

The province covers an area of 3,978.13 km² and has an approximate population of 111,000 inhabitants. The estimated population in 2000 was 95,736 inhabitants.

Administrative division

The province is divided into seven districts:

1. Juli
2. Desaguadero
3. Huacullani
4. Kelluyo
5. Pisacoma
6. Pomata
7. Zepita

Capital

The capital is the city of Juli, located on 3868 m s. n. m.

Authorities

Regional

• Regional advisers
  • 2019-2022
  1. Domingo Quispe Tancara (Movimiento de Integración por el Desarrollo Regional, Mi Casita)
  2. Freddy Efraín Rivera Cutipa (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)

Municipal

• 2019-2022
  • Mayor: Justo Apaza Delgado, from Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo.
  • Regivers:
  1. Erasmus Quispe Illacutipa (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  2. Herminia Apaza Canaza (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  3. Lucio Zapana Condori (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  4. Edilberto Ramos Choque (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  5. Bartolomé Chanini Tito (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  6. Rafael Sandoval Fernández (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  7. Obed Isai Espinoza Castillo (Frente Amplio para el Desarrollo del Pueblo)
  8. Primo Feliciano Ramírez Collatupa (Movimiento de Integración por el Desarrollo Regional, Mi Casita)
  9. Víctor Rafael Velazco García (Poder Andino)
  10. Just Vilca Velázquez (The Broad Front for Justice, Life and Freedom)
  11. Wile Mamani Copa (Manufacturing Works and Opportunities with Leadership)

Police

• Juli police station
  • Commissioner: Alférez PNP Peter P. Ramos Arévalo

Education

Educational institutions

I. E. S. E. TELESFORO CATACORA

Festivities

Its patron saint's day takes place on December 8 of each year, its patron saint is the Virgin Immaculate Conception.

The Virgin of the Assumption is also celebrated; the Festival of Saint Bartholomew, which has become relevant; the Orko Fiesta, Fiesta de Machos, every September 14, and the cozy carnivals.