Quellouno District

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Quellouno
Q'illu Unu
District
Country  Peru
Region Cusco
Province La Convención
Founded October 1, 1986
Capital Quellouno
Government
  Mayor Cleto Edwin Cabrera Cortes
Area
  Total 799.68 km2 (308.76 sq mi)
Elevation 800 m (2,600 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 16,469
  Density 21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 080906

Quellouno District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish 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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