Mañazo District

Mañazo (Aymara Mañasu, meaning butcher) is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.[1]

For the mountain in Bolivia, see Mañasu (Bolivia).
Mañazo

Mañasu
District
Cows on a meadow in Mañazo District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
FoundedJanuary 30, 1953
CapitalMañazo
Government
 • MayorMiguel Gabriel Quispe Achata
Area
 • Total410.67 km2 (158.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,926 m (12,881 ft)
Population
 • Total5,537
 • Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210109

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (63.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.92% 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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