Chucuito District

Chucuito
District
Lake Titicaca as seen from Chucuito
Coat of arms
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	Chucuito
Government
•  Mayor	Pedro Alfonso Teves Cruz
Area
• Total	121.18 km2 (46.79 sq mi)
Elevation	3,871 m (12,700 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	9,366
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210106
Website	munichucuito.gob.pe

Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru. ^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

Images

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  Phallus-shaped stone sculptures at Inka Uyu

See also

• Inka Tunuwiri
• Inka Uyu

References

1. (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital Chucuito, Municipalidad Distrital de Chucuito Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved November 9, 2007.
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)

External links

• (in Spanish) www.munichucuito.gob.pe Official district web site

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