Usicayos District

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Usicayos
District
Usicayos District
Country Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Region Puno
Province Carabaya
FoundedMay 2, 1854
Capital Usicayos
Government
 •  Mayor Paul William Sotomayor Guerra
Area
 • Total
644.04 km2 (248.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,778 m (12,395 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
9,757
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210310

Usicayos District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is Ch'uspini at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 2.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish (2007 Peru Census). [3]

See also

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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Carabaya 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)

14°07′35″S69°58′04″W / 14.12639°S 69.96778°W / -14.12639; -69.96778


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