Pillpinto District

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Pillpinto
Pillpintu
Pillpinto District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
FoundedDecember 11, 1963
Capital Pillpinto
Government
   Mayor Jeferson David Camazala Aico
Area
  Total
79.13 km2 (30.55 sq mi)
Elevation
2,853 m (9,360 ft)
Population
  Total
1,285
  Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 081008

Pillpinto 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 (94.02%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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)

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