Alto Inambari District

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Alto Inambari
Map of the Alto Inambari district in the department of Puno, Peru.png
Location of Alto Inambari in the Sandia province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Sandia
FoundedSeptember 13, 1994
Capital Massiapo
Government
   Mayor Juan Lipa Calla
Area
  Total
1,124.88 km2 (434.32 sq mi)
Elevation
1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Population
  Total
8,841
  Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 211209

Alto Inambari District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia 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 (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

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

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