Macari District

Macari
District

Carnival in Macari
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Melgar
Capital Macari
Government
  Mayor Simon Amador Mamani Chañi
Area
  Total 673.78 km2 (260.15 sq mi)
Elevation 3,970 m (13,020 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 8,731
  Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210805

Macari District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.[1] The district capital is Macari.

Limits

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.55% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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)