San Antonio de Chuca District

San Antonio de Chuca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Caylloma
Founded	November 14, 1944
Capital	San Antonio de Chuca
Government
•  Mayor	Ricardo Benito Tola Arhuiri
Area
• Total	1,531.27 km2 (591.23 sq mi)
Elevation	4,525 m (14,846 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,155
• Density	0.75/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040514

San Antonio de Chuca District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Sullk'a Chuqa at about 5,200 m (17,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Allqamarini
• Anta Salla
• Anqasi
• Chullunkhäni
• Huch'uy Q'asa
• Iru Muqu
• Jayu Laqhi
• Jichu Qullu
• Karpa Muqu
• Kimsachata
• Kunturi
• Lawraq Muqu
• Llallawa
• Puka Urqu
• P'isaqani
• Salla P'ukuruyuq
• Saya Sirk'a
• T'ula Muqu
• Wanqani
• Wisk'achayuq
• Yana Salla
• Yana Surk'a
• Yaritani

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.19% of the residents started speaking 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 Caylloma Proinve 2 (Arequipa 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)

15°55′43″S71°06′31″W / 15.9287°S 71.1086°W / -15.9287; -71.1086