Uru People

Uru People

The Uros are a pre-Incan people who live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. They form three main groups: Uru-Chipayas, Uru-Muratos and the Uru-Iruitos. The latter are still located on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and Desaguadero River.

Read more about Uru People:  History, Reed Island Construction, Traditional Lifestyle, Domesticated Animals, Modern Life

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