Alto Inambari District

Alto Inambari
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Sandia
Founded September 13, 1994
Capital Massiapo
Government
 • Mayor Juan Lipa Calla
Area
 • Total 1,124.88 km2 (434.32 sq mi)
Elevation 1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 8,841
 • Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 211209

Alto Inambari District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°05′25″S 69°14′36″W / 14.0904°S 69.2432°W / -14.0904; -69.2432

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