Yaurisque District

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Yaurisque
Yawrisqi
District
Yaurisque District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
FoundedApril 15, 1959
Capital Yaurisque
Government
 •  Mayor Juan De Dios Ramos Pariguana
Area
 • Total
90.8 km2 (35.1 sq mi)
Elevation
3,330 m (10,930 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,717
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 081009

Yaurisque District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro 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 (88.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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