Huanoquite District

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Huanoquite
Wanukiti
District
Huanoquite District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
Capital Huanoquite
Government
 •  Mayor Tomas Quispe Antitupa
Area
 • Total
362.67 km2 (140.03 sq mi)
Elevation
3,396 m (11,142 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,920
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 081005

Huanoquite District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

13°40′57″S72°00′59″W / 13.6826°S 72.0164°W / -13.6826; -72.0164


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