Antauta District

Antauta
District
Interactive map of Antauta
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Melgar
Founded	October 25, 1901
Capital	Antauta
Government
•  Mayor	Ignacio Edgar Chura Mendoza
Area
• Total	636.17 km2 (245.63 sq mi)
Elevation	4,150 m (13,620 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,887
• Density	10.83/km2 (28.04/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210802

Antauta District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

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

• Aqu Punta
• Chachakumani
• Chunta
• Chuwani
• Ch'iyar Salla
• Jalanta
• Kimsa Kunka
• Kuntur Pata
• Kuntur Sayana
• Llallawi
• Maych'a Sinqa
• Minas Tira
• Misti Urqu
• Muru Muruni
• Pirwani
• P'isaqani
• Qinamari
• Qullpa Tira
• Q'illu Qaqa
• Salla Muqu
• Sura Punta
• Wamanlipani
• Wanq'uni
• Warmi Uma
• Willkanuta
• Yana Salla

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
3. 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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