Paucarcolla District
| Paucarcolla | |
|---|---|
| District | |
|
Church of Paucarcolla | |
| Country |
 Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Puno |
| Capital | Paucarcolla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Isaac Samuel Llanqui Condori |
| Area | |
| • Total | 170.04 km2 (65.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,847 m (12,621 ft) |
| Population (2007 census) | |
| • Total | 4,864 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 210110 |
Paucarcolla 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 Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small}
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.