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Copacabana, Bolivia
The strait is 850 m (2,790 ft) across at its narrowest point. It joins the upper lake, Lake Chucuito, and the lower (and smaller) lake, Lake Wiñaymarka (or Lake Pequeño, "little lake"). The entire lake is called Lake Titicaca and is the largest lake, by volume, in South America. It is situated on the border of Bolivia and Peru .
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Quechua. Taquile (Spanish: Isla de Taquile, pronounced [ˈisla ðe taˈkile]; Quechua: Intika) is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca 45 km offshore from the city of Puno. About 2,200 people live on the island, which is 5.5 by 1.6 kilometres (3.4 by 1.0 mile) in size (maximum measurements), with an area of 5.72 km 2 (2.21 sq mi).
Geography of Bolivia
Coordinates. 15°50′11″S 69°20′19″W. / 15.83639°S 69.33861°W / -15.83639; -69.33861. Area. 36.180 ha. The Titicaca National Reservation is located in the Puno Region, Peru, in the Puno and Huancané provinces. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems and landscapes of the Titicaca lake and surrounding Central Andean wet ...
3.557 (2017) Ethnic groups. Quechua. Amantani[1] is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. According to a 1988 census, it had a population of 3,663 Quechua speakers divided among about 800 families. [2] The most current census (2017) estimates a population of 3,557. [3] The island is circular and about 9.28 km 2 (3.58 sq mi) in size.