Huata District, Puno

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

Huata District
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
FoundedAugust 22, 1921
CapitalHuata
Government
 • MayorPedro Curo Huanca
Area
 • Total130.37 km2 (50.34 sq mi)
Elevation
3,848 m (12,625 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,393
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210108

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]

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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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