Pucará District, Lampa

This article is about the district in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukara (disambiguation).
Pucará
Pukara
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Capital Pucará
Government
  Mayor Leonardo Arpi Inofuente
Area
  Total 537.6 km2 (207.6 sq mi)
Elevation 3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 6,830
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210708

Pucará 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 (77.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.22% 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°02′56″S 70°22′43″W / 15.04889°S 70.37861°W / -15.04889; -70.37861

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