Vilque District

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Vilque
Willk'i
District
Vilque Plaza Principal.jpg
Main square in Vilque
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital Vilque
Government
 •  Mayor Juan Carlos Mendoza Castillo
Area
 • Total193.29 km2 (74.63 sq mi)
Elevation
3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,947
 • Density15/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]

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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)

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