Pilcuyo District

Pilcuyo District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Peru.[1]

Pilcuyo

Pilkuyu
District
Pilcuyo
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceEl Collao
FoundedDecember 11, 1961
CapitalPilcuyo
Government
 • MayorIsidro Lupaca Ticona
Area
 • Total157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Elevation
3,836 m (12,585 ft)
Population
 • Total16,784
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210503

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (87.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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