Puno is a department of undeniable tourist hegemony in Peru with a natural landscape of incomparable shades, in Puno they have arisen and declined different populational establishments beginning with the first of Qelqatani and Pizacoma, continued by the Tiawanakus, Auroches, Kollas, Ccaris, Zapanas, Kallahuayas, Lupacas among others.

The first years of the Spanish conquest, this area was considered of a lot of importance, due to the wealth of minerals and beautiful metals what gave origin to the emergence of cities where clearly the Spanish influence is noticed. Starting from there Puno begins a process of urbanization important with accented migratory flows until our days in that the city gives a modern image but at the same time preserve still the authenticity of being located in the highland and in the great plateau of the Collao.