Plateria District

Platería
District

Platería and Lake Titicaca
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Founded April 25, 1964
Capital Plateria
Government
  Mayor David Sosa Mamani
Area
  Total 240.63 km2 (92.91 sq mi)
Elevation 3,830 m (12,570 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 8,835
  Density 37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210112

Platería District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno 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 (79.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.64% 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)