Huata District, Puno

Huata District
Huata District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Founded	August 22, 1921
Capital	Huata
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Curo Huanca
Area
• Total	130.37 km2 (50.34 sq mi)
Elevation	3,848 m (12,625 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	3,393
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210108

Huata District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.97%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (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)

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15°37′21″S 70°03′14″W / 15.6226°S 70.0538°W / -15.6226; -70.0538

[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] .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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