Chukuwitu District

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Chukuwitu
District
Lago Titicaca desde las alturas de Chucuito.jpg
Lake Titicaca as seen from Chucuito
COA Chucuito District in Puno Province.png
Coat of arms
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital Chucuito
Government
 •  Mayor Pedro Alfonso Teves Cruz
Area
 • Total121.18 km2 (46.79 sq mi)
Elevation
3,871 m (12,700 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total9,366
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210106
Website munichucuito.gob.pe

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

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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]

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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)

Coordinates: 15°54′05″S69°53′49″W / 15.9013°S 69.8970°W / -15.9013; -69.8970

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