Uros people

E284198

ethnic group indigenous people

The Uros people are an indigenous group of Peru and Bolivia known for their traditional lifestyle on man-made floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Uros people canonical	3
Uros	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
altitude	approximately 3800 meters above sea level ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Lake Titicaca ⓘ
builds	floating islands ⓘ reed boats ⓘ reed houses ⓘ
climate	high-altitude cold climate ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Bolivia ⓘ Peru ⓘ
culturalRegion	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Altiplano Andes ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Uru people ⓘ surface form: Uru peoples
governedBy	Bolivian authorities ⓘ Peruvian authorities ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Uros of Chimu ⓘ Uros of Puno Bay ⓘ Uros of Uruito ⓘ
heritageStatus	recognized as indigenous community by Peru ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ surface form: Uru language
language	Aymara ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Lake Titicaca region ⓘ
modernEconomicActivity	tourism ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Aymara people ⓘ Quechua people ⓘ
notableFor	living on man-made floating islands ⓘ use of totora reeds for almost all aspects of life ⓘ
partOf	indigenous peoples of Bolivia ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Andes ⓘ surface form: indigenous peoples of Peru indigenous peoples of the Andes ⓘ
region	La Paz Department ⓘ Puno Region ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ folk Catholicism ⓘ
threat	cultural assimilation ⓘ environmental degradation of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
touristAttraction	Uros floating islands ⓘ
traditionalDiet	aquatic birds ⓘ eggs ⓘ fish ⓘ totora shoots ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity	bird hunting ⓘ fishing ⓘ reed gathering ⓘ
traditionalHabitat	floating reed islands ⓘ
usesMaterial	totora reeds ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uros floating islands → inhabitedBy → Uros people ⓘ

Uros floating islands → ethnicGroup → Uros people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uros

Uros floating islands → builtBy → Uros people ⓘ

Lake Titicaca region → inhabitedBy → Uros people ⓘ