Pusi District

Pusi
Pusi
District
	Church of Pusi
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Huancané
Capital	Pusi
Government
• Mayor	Elias Quiroga Gutierrez
Area
• Total	148.42 km2 (57.31 sq mi)
Elevation	3,835 m (12,582 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	7,132
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210605

Pusi District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané 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 (93.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.85% 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°26′32″S 69°55′52″W / 15.4423°S 69.9311°W / -15.4423; -69.9311

[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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