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
- ↑ (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)
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Coordinates: 15°02′56″S 70°22′43″W / 15.04889°S 70.37861°W
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