Ururillu District

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Ururillu
District
Distrito de Orurillo.jpg
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Melgar
Capital Ururillu
Government
 •  Mayor Alain Yorkman Mendizábal Gutiérrez
Area
 • Total379.05 km2 (146.35 sq mi)
Elevation
3,890 m (12,760 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total7,651
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210807

Ururillu District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar 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 (87.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.98 % 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°43′39″S70°48′11″W / 14.7275°S 70.8031°W / -14.7275; -70.8031


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