San Antonio District, Puno

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San Antonio de Esquilache
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital San Antonio de Esquilache
Government
 • Mayor Teodoro Cipriano Ticona Alvarez
Area
 • Total 376.75 km2 (145.46 sq mi)
Elevation 4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,613
 • Density 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210113

San Antonio District or San Antonio de Esquilache District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the puno Region of Peru.[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

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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 (85.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.60% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 5.46% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province (Puno Region)
  3. ↑ 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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