Queruni
Queruni is a village in La Paz, Altiplano and has about 295 residents and an elevation of 3,855 metres. Queruni is situated nearby to the hamlet Chambi Chico, as well as near the village Achuta Grande.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tiwanaku and Pumapunku.
Tiwanaku
Photo: Pipouchat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiwanaku is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
Pumapunku
Photo: Brattarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pumapunku or Puma Punku is a 6th-century T-shaped and strategically aligned man-made terraced platform mound with a sunken court and monumental structure on top, near Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia. Pumapunku is situated 3 km east of Queruni.
Sun Gate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun, is a monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco by the Tiwanaku culture, an Andean civilization of Bolivia that thrived around Lake Titicaca in the Andes of western South America around 500-950 AD. Sun Gate is situated 3½ km east of Queruni.
Queruni
- Type: Village with 295 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-16.55664° or 16° 33′ 24″ southLongitude
-68.70542° or 68° 42′ 20″ westPopulation
295Elevation
3,855 metres (12,648 feet)Open location code
57MHC7VV+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5715201924OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12498130
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In Other Languages
“Queruni” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Queruni”
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