Cusco, also spelled Cuzco, is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire.
Moquegua is a department and region in southern Peru that extends from the coast to the highlands. Its capital is the city of Moquegua, which is among the main Peruvian cities for its high rates of GDP and national education.
Pasco is a department and region in central Peru. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco.
San Martín is a department and region in northern Peru. Most of the department is located in the upper part of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Its capital is Moyobamba and the largest city in the department is Tarapoto.
Tacna is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 until 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peru.
Regional Governments, in the Government of Peru, is a government organization which organizes, conducts, and manages, each of the twenty-five regions of Peru. It has political, economic, and administrative autonomy in the subjects of its matter. The Constitution of Peru first mandated the establishment of regional governments in 1979.
According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.
Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru by the National Institute of Culture.
Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta, is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Sandia District. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru by the National Institute of Culture.
Tupu Inka is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Yunguyo Province, Unicachi District.
Jatuncucho is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pablo District, in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District, and in the Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Jatuncucho lies between Pomanota in the north-west and Jonorana in the east and north-east of the mountain Cochacucho.
Hatunqucha is a lake in the Altiplano in South Peru. It lies in the Puno Region, Puno Province, Atuncolla District, north of Lake Umayo.
Quello Sallayoc is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts Corani and Ollachea. Quello Sallayoc lies south-east of the mountains Llusca Ritti (Cusco-Puno), Jori Pintay and Taruca Sayana, west of the mountain Riti Huasi and northwest of the mountains Yana Sallayoc and Llusca Ritti. Its ridge stretches to the northeast.
Utkhuqaqa or Utkhu Qaqa is a 5,049-metre-high (16,565 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Cuyocuyo District. It lies northwest of the mountain Wilaquta and northeast of Qurwari and Janq'u Uma. Little streams named Qullqipirwa (Jolljepirhua), Janq'u Uma (Janjouma) and Utkhuqaqa (Utjujaja) flow along its slopes. They are the origin of the river Lawa Lawani which runs to the north. It belongs to the watershed of the Inambari River.
Jalahuana or Jalahuaña is a 5,325-metre-high (17,470 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Crucero District, and in the Sandia Province, on the border of the Limbani District and the Patambuco District. Jalahuana lies east of Aricoma Lake between the mountain Aricoma in the northwest and Riticunca in the southeast to south.
Tucuhuachana is mountain in the Carabaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ituata District. Tucuhuachana lies southwest of Pumajolluni, northeast of Queroni and southeast of Allpajata. The little lake east of it is named Vilajota.
Deportivo Binacional Fútbol Club, formerly Escuela Municipal Deportivo Binacional, known as just Binacional, is a Peruvian football club from Desaguadero District in the Puno Region who currently plays its home games in the city of Juliaca. The team currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División.
Following the ousting of president of Peru, Pedro Castillo on 7 December 2022, a series of political protests against the legitimate government of president Dina Boluarte and the Congress of Peru occurred. The demonstrations lack centralized leadership and originated primarily among grassroots movements and social organizations on the left to far-left, as well as indigenous communities, who feel politically disenfranchised. Castillo was removed from office and arrested after announcing the ilegal dissolution of Congress, the intervention of the state apparatus, and the forced establishment of an "emergency government", which was characterized as a self-coup attempt by all government institutions, all professional institutions, and mainstream media in Peru while Castillo's supporters said that Congress attempted to overthrow Castillo. Castillo's successor Dina Boluarte, along with Congress, were widely disapproved, with the two receiving the lowest approval ratings among public offices in the Americas. Among the main demands of the demonstrators are the dissolution of Congress, the resignation of Boluarte, new general elections, the release of Castillo, and the formation of a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. It has also been reported that some of the protesters have declared an insurgency in Punos's region. Analysts, businesses, and voters said that immediate elections are necessary to prevent future unrest, although many establishment political parties have little public support.
On 9 January 2023, Peruvian National Police shot at protesters in Juliaca during the 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests against President Dina Boluarte, resulting in a massacre. At least 18 people, including a medic responding to the scene, were killed and over 100 others were injured by police responding to protests in the city, with all of the deaths being attributed to gunshot wounds. The massacre was the deadliest day during the series of protests in Peru. Local media criticized the response of national media, saying that events in Juliaca were overlooked. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights would describe the event, along with the similar killings in Ayacucho, as a massacre.
Richard Hancco Soncco is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the governor of the Department of Puno since 2023.
