Huayrapata District

Huayrapata District is one of four districts of the province Moho in Peru.[1]

Huayrapata
Wayrapata
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceMoho
FoundedDecember 12, 1991
CapitalHuayrapata
Government
 • MayorJuan De Dios Cauna Chiara
Area
 • Total388.35 km2 (149.94 sq mi)
Elevation
3,870 m (12,700 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,870
 • Density10.0/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210903

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (95.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.96% 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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