Cabanilla District

Cabanilla District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[1]

Cabanilla
Main square in Cabanilla
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceLampa
CapitalCabanilla
Government
  MayorSaturnino Calizaya Quisocala
Area
  Total443.04 km2 (171.06 sq mi)
Elevation
3,876 m (12,717 ft)
Population
  Total6,683
  Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210702

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (61.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (in 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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