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Puno (p `nō), city (1993 pop. 97,796), alt. 12,648 ft (3,855 m), capital of Puno dept., SE Peru, on an embayment of Lake Titicaca Titicaca (tētēkä`kä), lake, c.3,200 sq mi (8,290 sq km), 110 mi (177 km) long, and c...... Click the link for more information. . It is a commercial, tourist, and transportation center of SE Peru. Wool is exported. Historical landmarks include a cathedral and many native ruins. Puno is also an archaeological center for the exploration of ancient villages of indigenous peoples. A technical institute is located in the city. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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THE ANDEAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a multilateral lending institution, approved a US$150 million lending package for Peru to build highways linking the Cuzco, Puno and Madre de Dios provinces. The Puno strains shared a substitution in the premembrane protein (R [right arrow] K prM 102); the Pasco strains showed a triplet residue substitution motif in the membrane protein (A [right arrow] T M48, A [right arrow] V M50, and L [right arrow] F M52); and the San Martin/Huanuco strains shared two residue substitutions within the envelope protein (I [right arrow] V E72 and H [right arrow] N E90) (Table 2). After President John Kennedy appointed me in 1961 to head the United States Food for Peace Program, I was contacted by a remarkable Catholic priest who was stationed with the Maryknoll Fathers in the impoverished Puno area of Peru. |
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