Ocuviri District

Ocuviri
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Lampa
Capital	Ocuviri
Government
• Mayor	Mauro Cleto Quispe Calizaya
Area
• Total	878.26 km^2 (339.10 sq mi)
Elevation	4,230 m (13,880 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	2,244
• Density	2.6/km^2 (6.6/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	210705

Ocuviri District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:^[2]

• Chata
• Chuqi
• Chuqi Pirwa
• Ch'ulla Rinri
• Kimsa Chuta
• Lamparasi
• Machu Kunturi
• Mich'i Mich'ini
• Pichaqani
• Puka Punchu
• Qaqa Chupa
• Qullqa Sirka
• Quylluni
• T'akra
• Urqun Thaki
• Warmi Sayana
• Willuni
• Wini Wini
• Yanawara

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References

1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)
3. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)