San Juan de Rontoy District

San Juan de Rontoy District is one of six districts of the province Antonio Raymondi in Peru.[1]

San Juan de Rontoy

Runtuy
Rontoy
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedMay 27, 1987
CapitalSan Juan de Rontoy
Government
  MayorFelix Sandoval Diaz
Area
  Total103.13 km2 (39.82 sq mi)
Elevation
3,525 m (11,565 ft)
Population
  Total1,605
  Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020306

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.91% 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 2008-04-23 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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