🇵🇪 Peru
Puno
Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the eponymous Puno Province and Puno Region; in 2017, it had a population of 135,288. 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. The name was later changed to San Carlos de Puno, in honor of king Charles II of Spain. Puno has several churches dating back from the colonial period; they were built to service the Spanish population and evangelize the Quechua people.
- Country
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 128,637
- Time zone
- America/Lima
- Coordinates
- -15.84, -70.02
How far Puno is from other cities in Peru
- Juliaca40 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 40 min
- Arequipa173 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 2 h 53 min
- Tacna243 km✈ 1 h 3 min · 🚗 4 h 3 min
- Cusco331 km✈ 1 h 9 min · 🚗 5 h 31 min
- Ayacucho541 km✈ 1 h 25 min · 🚗 9 h 1 min
- Ica644 km✈ 1 h 32 min · 🚗 10 h 44 min
- Huancayo699 km✈ 1 h 36 min · 🚗 11 h 39 min
- Chincha Alta711 km✈ 1 h 37 min · 🚗 11 h 51 min
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