Usicayos District

Usicayos
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Carabaya
Founded May 2, 1854
Capital Usicayos
Government
 • Mayor Paul William Sotomayor Guerra
Area
 • Total 644.04 km2 (248.67 sq mi)
Elevation 3,778 m (12,395 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 9,757
 • Density 15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210310

Usicayos District is one of ten districts of the province Carabaya 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 (96.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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 INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°07′35″S 69°58′04″W / 14.12639°S 69.96778°W / -14.12639; -69.96778

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