Uru people

Uru People
Uro woman selling handicrafts
Total population
5,343[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Lake Titicaca islands, Puno, Peru and Bolivia
 Bolivia3,343[2]
Languages
AymaraSpanishUru-Chipaya
Related ethnic groups
Aymaras
Uros harvesting totora on Lake Titicaca near the city of Puno.
Uros island view
Uro man working on his reed boat.
Uro man pulling boat made of reeds

The Uru or Uros (Uru: Qhas Qut suñi) are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru. They live on a still-growing group of about 120 self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca near Puno. They form three main groups: the Uru-Chipaya, Uru-Murato, and Uru-Iruito. The Uru-Iruito still inhabit the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and the Desaguadero River.

The indigenous Urus have darker skin than their neighbours Aymaras and Quechuas.[3]

  1. ^ "Uros people of Peru and Bolivia have distinctive genetic ancestries". Heritage Daily. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29.
  3. ^ Cavagnaro Orellana, Luis. (1986). Materiales para la historia de Tacna., Tacna. Luis Cavagnaro Orellana. Tomo I