Atuncolla District

Atuncolla Hatunqulla
District
Sillustani and Lake Umayo
Coordinates: 15°41′17″S70°08′39″W / 15.68806°S 70.14417°W / -15.68806; -70.14417
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	Atuncolla
Government
•  Mayor	Nestor Quispe Ito
Area
• Total	124.74 km2 (48.16 sq mi)
Elevation	3,822 m (12,539 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,984
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210104

Atuncolla District is one of fifteen districts of Puno Province in Peru. ^[1]

Canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule) is one of the few crops that can be cultivated at the high elevations of Atuncolla district.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the first language which the majority of the population (90.06%) learnt to speak in childhood. 9.23% of the residents speak Spanish as a first language. (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

Church in Sillustani, Atuncolla district.

See also

• Hatunqucha
• Lake Umayo
• Sillustani

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)