Patambuco District

Patambuco
District
Patambuco as seen from Kuntur Sinqa
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Sandia
Capital	Patambuco
Government
•  Mayor	Angel Silvestre Ochoa Colque
Area
• Total	462.72 km2 (178.66 sq mi)
Elevation	3,588 m (11,772 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,833
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	211204

Patambuco District is one of ten districts of the Sandia Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'alawaña at 5,325 m (17,470 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Ch'usiqani
• Hatun Apachita
• Hatun Pinkilluni
• Huch'uy Apachita
• Huch'uy Pinkilluni
• Janq'u Qala
• Jiwaña
• Kimsa Chata
• Maran Sarani
• Mulli P'unqu
• Pinkilluni
• Pirwani
• Pukara
• Phaqcha Pata
• Qaqa Wasi
• Qayqu Tira
• Qutaña Urqu
• Q'alawaña
• Q'asa
• Rit'i Chaki
• Rit'i Kunka
• Rit'i K'uchu
• Surayuq
• Warachani
• Yana Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (89.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Quchak'uchu
• Qulu Qulu

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 maps of the Sandia 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)

14°16′13″S69°50′53″W / 14.2704°S 69.8481°W / -14.2704; -69.8481