Santa Maria Cucho
Santa Maria Cucho is a neighborhood in Puno, Peru and has about 230 residents. Santa Maria Cucho is situated nearby to the neighborhood Orconplaya, as well as near the hamlet Mirador Parque.Places of Interest
Highlights include Uros Islands and Esteves.
Uros Islands
Photo: Epb22, Public domain.
The Uros Islands are floating islands made of reeds, situated along a river-like channel through the marshy fringes of Lake Titicaca, near Puno on the Peruvian Altiplano. They are known equally as a "tourist trap" and a genuine wonder of the world.
Esteves
Islet
Photo: Eugen Lehle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esteves is an island in the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca near the city of Puno in Puno Province, Puno Department. The Island has only one road, Sesquicentenario, but has a dirt road that encircles the island, as well as two helicopter landings.
SS Coya
Photo: Ciudades, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SS Coya is a 19th-century iron-hulled steamship on Lake Titicaca in Peru. After a long history carrying freight and passengers she is currently a floating restaurant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puno.
Puno
Photo: Antoniogargate, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puno is a port city at an altitude of over 3,800 meters, on the shores of Lake Titicaca on the Altiplano of Peru - though because it's located within an enclosed bay, you won't see the full scale of the lake here unless visiting the outlying islands of Taquile and Amantaní.
Santa Maria Cucho
- Type: Neighborhood with 230 residents
- Also known as: “Uros Chulluni (Santa Maria Cucho)”
- Category: locality
- Location: Puno, Puno Province, Puno, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.8121° or 15° 48′ 44″ southLongitude
-69.99374° or 69° 59′ 38″ westPopulation
230Open location code
57PG52Q4+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9630642425OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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