Santiago de Pupuja District

Santiago de Pupuja District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]

Santiago de Pupuja
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceAzángaro
CapitalSantiago de Pupuja
Government
  MayorJaime Roger Yapo Arapa
Area
  Total301.27 km2 (116.32 sq mi)
Elevation
3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population
  Total6,640
  Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210214

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.87%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.69% 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 2008-04-23 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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