Puquio

Puquio
Puquio ; Pukyu
	Town
	Puquio
	Coordinates: 14°41′38.21″S 74°07′26.88″W
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Lucanas
District	Puquio
Government
• Mayor	Luis Alfonso Moya Mora
Elevation	3,214 m (10,545 ft)
Population
• Total	15,870
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)

Puquio (from Quechua: Pukyu, meaning "spring of water") is a town in Central Peru, South America. It is the capital of the province Lucanas in the region Ayacucho.[1]

References

(in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved on 2008-06-10 from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).

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[1] (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved on 2008-06-10 from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).