Uro
Lands
Lake Titicaca, especially the Bay of Puno in Peru, with Uru communities also in Bolivia
Facts 3
Population
In Peru's 2017 census, 681 people self-identified as part of the Uro people.
As of 2017 Source: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú, Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios, Uro | BDPI (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
For centuries the Uro have lived on large rafts of totora reed, called floating islands, on Lake Titicaca in the Bay of Puno, and many Uro families still live on them.
Source: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú, Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios, Uro | BDPI (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Uro communities today are working to recover knowledge of their ancestral language, with support from Peru's Ministry of Culture.
Source: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú, Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios, Uro | BDPI (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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