Vilque District

Vilque Willk'i
District
Main square in Vilque
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	Vilque
Government
•  Mayor	Juan Carlos Mendoza Castillo
Area
• Total	193.29 km2 (74.63 sq mi)
Elevation	3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,947
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210115

Vilque District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru. ^[1] Vilque was the location of the major fair during the nineteenth century of goods from Bolivia and Argentina and especially for mules from Salta. ^[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 (75.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.12% 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. Clements R. Markham, Travels in Peru and India. London: John Murray, 1862, 284-285.
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°45′58″S70°15′40″W / 15.7662°S 70.2611°W / -15.7662; -70.2611