Chucuito District
Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[1]
Chucuito | |
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Lake Titicaca as seen from Chucuito | |
Coat of arms | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Puno |
Capital | Chucuito |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pedro Alfonso Teves Cruz |
Area | |
• Total | 121.18 km2 (46.79 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,871 m (12,700 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,366 |
• Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210106 |
Website | munichucuito.gob.pe |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Images
- Phallus-shaped stone sculptures at Inka Uyu
See also
References
- (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital Chucuito, Municipalidad Distrital de Chucuito Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- 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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