Pilcuyo District
District in Puno, Peru
Pilcuyo Pilkuyu | |
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District | |
Pilcuyo | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | El Collao |
Founded | December 11, 1961 |
Capital | Pilcuyo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Isidro Lupaca Ticona |
Area | |
• Total | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,836 m (12,585 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 16,784 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210503 |
Pilcuyo District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (87.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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