Sandia District

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Sandia
District
Sandia District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Sandia
Capital Sandia
Government
 •  Mayor Angel Mario Quispe Quispe
Area
 • Total
580.13 km2 (223.99 sq mi)
Elevation
2,178 m (7,146 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
12,364
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 211201

Sandia District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia 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 (67.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 31.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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. ↑ 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°14′00″S69°26′00″W / 14.2333°S 69.4333°W / -14.2333; -69.4333


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