Cupi District

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Cupi
District
Cupi District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Melgar
Capital Cupi
Government
 •  Mayor Yudel Rene Mamani Cervantes
Area
 • Total
214.25 km2 (82.72 sq mi)
Elevation
3,953 m (12,969 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,516
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210803

Cupi District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar 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 (88.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.79% 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)

14°54′15″S70°52′15″W / 14.9041°S 70.8708°W / -14.9041; -70.8708


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