Isla del Sol

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island tourist destination

Isla del Sol is a historically significant island in Bolivia’s portion of Lake Titicaca, revered in Inca mythology as a sacred birthplace of the sun and Inca civilization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
accessPoint Copacabana ⓘ
bodyOfWater Lake Titicaca ⓘ
climate cold high-altitude climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countryBorder Peru ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation about 4000 metres above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Aymara people ⓘ
Quechua people ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Chincana complex ⓘ
Inca steps of Yumani ⓘ
Pilko Kaina ⓘ
Rock of the Puma ⓘ
hasFeature pre-Columbian trails ⓘ
stone stairways ⓘ
terraced agricultural fields ⓘ
traditional adobe houses ⓘ
hasHeritage Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form: Inca civilization

Tiwanaku culture ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Island of the Sun ⓘ
hasSettlement Challapampa ⓘ
Cha’lla ⓘ
Yumani ⓘ
hasView Cordillera Real mountains ⓘ
surface form: Cordillera Real
languageUsed Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Titicaca ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Copacabana Municipality ⓘ
La Paz Department ⓘ
Manco Kapac Province ⓘ
locatedInPortionOfLakeTiticaca Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
mythologicalRole birthplace of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo ⓘ
birthplace of the sun in Inca mythology ⓘ
partOf Altiplano plateau ⓘ
surface form: Bolivian Altiplano
religion Andean indigenous beliefs ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionSignificance sacred island in Inca mythology ⓘ
tourismActivity archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
transport boat ⓘ

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

Lake Titicaca → hasIsland → Isla del Sol ⓘ
Copacabana → isGatewayTo → Isla del Sol ⓘ
Isla de la Luna → neighboringIsland → Isla del Sol ⓘ