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Lloque District

Lloque
District
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Lloque District
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Country Peru
RegionMoquegua
ProvinceGeneral Sánchez Cerro
FoundedFebruary 2, 1956
CapitalLloque
Government
 • MayorMatias Edilberto Gutierrez Mamani
Area
 • Total254.45 km2 (98.24 sq mi)
Elevation
3,256 m (10,682 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,206
 • Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO180206

Lloque District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro 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 (53.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.72% 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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