San Antonio District, Puno

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San Antonio de Esquilache District
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital San Antonio de Esquilache
Government
 •  Mayor Teodoro Cipriano Ticona Alvarez
Area
 • Total 376.75 km2 (145.46 sq mi)
Elevation 4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,613
 • Density 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210113

San Antonio District or San Antonio de Esquilache District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region of Peru. [1]

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

Puno Province Province in Puno, Peru

Puno is a province in the Puno Region, in southeastern Peru. It borders the provinces of Huancane, San Román, El Collao and the Moquegua Region's province of General Sánchez Cerro. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located at the edge of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. It is the economic powerhouse of the region.

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Geography

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

Chuqipata mountain in Peru

Chuqipata is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,050 metres (16,568 ft) high. It is situated on the border of the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, and the Puno Region, Puno Province, in the districts Pichacani and San Antonio. It lies northwest of the mountain Churi Wiqu, northeast of Millu and southeast of Tankani.

Jatu Kachi mountain in Peru

Jat'u K'achi is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located on the border of the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, and the Puno Region, Puno Province, San Antonio District. Jat'u K'achi lies west of the mountain Chuqipata, northeast of Millu and southeast of Pura Purani.

Millu (Moquegua-Puno)

Millu is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,225 metres (17,142 ft) high. It is located on the border of the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ichuña District, and the Puno Region, Puno Province, San Antonio District. It lies southwest of the mountain Chuqipata.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.60% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 5.46% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha peoples may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers live in Peru, although there is a significant population living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

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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 Puno 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)

Coordinates: 16°05′55″S70°33′30″W / 16.0986°S 70.5583°W / -16.0986; -70.5583

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