Chucuito

{{Short description|Ancient town in Peru, facing the Titicaca Lake, near Puno}}{{other uses}}

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Chucuito is a village in the Chucuito District, Puno Province, Peru. It is {{convert|18|km}} from the city of Puno. It sits at {{convert|3875|m}} above sea level.[http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ INEI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124063934/http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=January 24, 2012 }} The population is 7,913.2007 Census

The town was important in pre-Inca 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.{{Cite book|last=Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/535491489|title=The travels of Pedro de Cieza de León, A.D. 1532-50 : contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru|year=2010|origyear=1864|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-01334-5|oclc=535491489}}