Santa Lucía District, Lampa

Santa Lucía
District

Alpacas grazing on the plateau west of Lagunillas Lake, Santa Rosa District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Founded April 17, 1936
Capital Santa Lucía
Government
  Mayor Salvador Alejo Tunco
Area
  Total 1,595.67 km2 (616.09 sq mi)
Elevation 4,025 m (13,205 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 8,130
  Density 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210709

Santa Lucía District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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 (56.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.36% 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)

Coordinates: 15°41′44″S 70°36′33″W / 15.69556°S 70.60917°W