Pilcuyo District

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Pilcuyo
Pilkuyu
District
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Pilcuyo
Pilcuyo District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province El Collao
FoundedDecember 11, 1961
Capital Pilcuyo
Government
 •  Mayor Isidro Lupaca Ticona
Area
 • Total
157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Elevation
3,836 m (12,585 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
16,784
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210503

Pilcuyo District is one of five districts of the province El Collao 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 (87.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.72% 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 2008-04-10 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)

16°06′42″S69°33′23″W / 16.1118°S 69.5563°W / -16.1118; -69.5563


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