Juliaca (Spanish: [xuˈljaka]; Quechua and Aymara: Hullaqa) is the capital of San Román Province in the Puno Region of southeastern Peru.

During this very popular event participants, dressed in colorful costumes, gather on the streets to dance in the style of the Collao Plateau.

It is a major transit point in the region and has strong ties with Peru's southern cities, including Arequipa, Puno, Tacna, Cuzco, Ilo, and with La Rinconada and Bolivia.

Archaeologists discovered a small village dating back to this time, whose settlers were fed with potatoes, quinoa, kañiwa, carachi, guinea pig, among others.

The kollas and Inka were ruthless rivals and only under the military command of Pachacútec and his son Mayta Capac were able to subdue the brave Sapana, Chuchicápac and Huaynarroque tribes after bloody wars of conquest.

At the beginning of the republican period, Juliaca had a rural layout, until the railway station was installed in 1873, which revolutionized the economic and social panorama of the Altiplano, with the presence not only of technology, but of visionary people from Europe, and other cities of Peru.

[5] Most of the deaths occur in the vicinity of the Inca Manco Capac Airport, a place that has become a main point and objective during the last days of the strike.

The city of Juliaca is located in the northern part of the San Román province and on the northwest side of Lake Titicaca​ and 35 km from it.

[citation needed] The city of Juliaca and its surroundings have various natural and historical tourist attractions, among the most outstanding are: The Santa Catalina church, Waynaruqi hill, Chacas lagoon and the Kokan community.

Carved out of red limestone (due to its characteristic color) and with a structure typical of the modern era (iron frame).

Like the main Church of Santa Catalina, it only has a bell tower arranged symmetrically unlike the previous one, and it also features a clock with four circular faces.

It is a four-level building built on the hill Hatun Rumi or Santa Bárbara (Spanish name), 40 m from the Plaza de Armas de Juliaca, it presents a style essentially Romanesque Due to its importance during the republican era, today it constitutes one of the main tourist attractions of the city.

It is a shopping center for handicrafts, where all kinds of clothing are sold (socks, chullos, bootees, shawls, sweaters, rugs, gloves, etc.)

woven or manufactured with native materials (llama, alpaca, vicuña ), the visitor can also visualize the handwork done by the artisan ladies with their typical clothing (called hosiery), in different types of wool and fiber, highly appreciated in the international market.