Huatasani District

Huatasani
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Huancané
Founded June 21, 1967
Capital Huatasani
Government
 • Mayor Miguel Condori Condori
Area
 • Total 106.73 km2 (41.21 sq mi)
Elevation 3,830 m (12,570 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,912
 • Density 27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210603

Huatasani District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The district straddles the Quechua and Aymara linguistic boundary with Aymara-speaking Huancane to the south and Quechua-speaking Putina to the north. Huatasani itself is predominantly Quechua speaking but contains both Quechua- and Aymara-speaking communities. Quechua is the language which 53.87% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 28.84% of the residents started speaking using Aymara and 17.20% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 15°03′17″S 69°48′41″W / 15.0546°S 69.8115°W / -15.0546; -69.8115

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