Ocuviri District

Ocuviri
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Lampa
Capital	Ocuviri
Government
•  Mayor	Mauro Cleto Quispe Calizaya
Area
• Total	878.26 km2 (339.10 sq mi)
Elevation	4,230 m (13,880 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,244
• Density	2.6/km2 (6.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210705

Ocuviri District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Chata
• Chuqi
• Chuqi Pirwa
• Ch'ulla Rinri
• Kimsa Chuta
• Lamparasi
• Machu Kunturi
• Mich'i Mich'ini
• Pichaqani
• Puka Punchu
• Qaqa Chupa
• Qullqa Sirka
• Quylluni
• T'akra
• Urqun Thaki
• Warmi Sayana
• Willuni
• Wini Wini
• Yanawara

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (78.38%) learn to speak in childhood. 19.35% of the residents first learn to speak using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)
3. 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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