Vilavila District

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Wila Wila (Bolivia). For the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru, see Wila Wila (Peru).
Vilavila
Wila Wila
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Founded May 2, 1854
Capital Vilavila
Government
 • Mayor Justiniano Romulo Ahumada Viveros
Area
 • Total 156.65 km2 (60.48 sq mi)
Elevation 4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,046
 • Density 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210710

Vilavila (in hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara wila red, blood-red,[1] the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 15°11′38″S 70°40′27″W / 15.19389°S 70.67417°W / -15.19389; -70.67417

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