Paucarcolla District
Appearance
(Redirected from Pawqarqulla District)
Paucarcolla | |
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![]() Church of Paucarcolla | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Puno |
Province | Puno |
Capital | Paucarcolla |
Government | |
• Mayor | Isaac Samuel Llanqui Condori |
Area | |
• Total | 170.04 km2 (65.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,847 m (12,621 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,864 |
• Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210110 |
Paucarcolla District is one of fifteen districts of the province of Puno in southeastern Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)