Tisco District

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Tisco
Location of Tisco in the Caylloma province
Coordinates: 15°20′51″S71°26′46″W / 15.3476°S 71.4461°W / -15.3476; -71.4461
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province Caylloma
Capital Tisco
Government
   Mayor Primitivo Sebastian Huaracha Ancca
Area
  Total1,445.02 km2 (557.93 sq mi)
Elevation
4,188 m (13,740 ft)
Population
  Total2,249
  Density1.6/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 040517

Tisco District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru. [1]

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Geography

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

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.76%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

See also

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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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 and 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)

Coordinates: 15°20′51″S71°26′46″W / 15.3476°S 71.4461°W / -15.3476; -71.4461