Santiago de Pupuja District
Appearance
Santiago de Pupuja | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Azángaro |
Capital | Santiago de Pupuja |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jaime Roger Yapo Arapa |
Area | |
• Total | 301.27 km2 (116.32 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,860 m (12,660 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,640 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210214 |
Santiago de Pupuja District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)