Azángaro District, Azángaro

Azángaro
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Azángaro
Capital Azángaro
Government
 • Mayor Ruben Pachari Inofuente
Area
 • Total 706.13 km2 (272.64 sq mi)
Elevation 3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 29,649
 • Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210201

Azángaro District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro 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 (60.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.82% 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)

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