Huayrapata District

Huayrapata Wayrapata
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Moho
Founded	December 12, 1991
Capital	Huayrapata
Government
•  Mayor	Juan De Dios Cauna Chiara
Area
• Total	388.35 km2 (149.94 sq mi)
Elevation	3,870 m (12,700 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,870
• Density	10.0/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210903

Huayrapata District is one of four districts of the province Moho 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 (95.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.96% 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 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)

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