Huatasani District

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Huatasani
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Huancané
Founded June 21, 1967
Capital Huatasani
Government
  Mayor Miguel Condori Condori
Area
  Total 106.73 km2 (41.21 sq mi)
Elevation 3,830 m (12,570 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 2,912
  Density 27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210603

Huatasani District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The district straddles the Quechua and Aymara linguistic boundary with Aymara-speaking Huancane to the south and Quechua-speaking Putina to the north. Huatasani itself is predominantly Quechua speaking but contains both Quechua and Aymara speaking communities. Quechua is the language which 53.87% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 28.84% of the residents started speaking using Aymara and 17.20% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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