Orurillo District

Orurillo District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.[1]

Orurillo
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceMelgar
CapitalOrurillo
Government
 • MayorAlain Yorkman Mendizábal Gutiérrez
Area
 • Total379.05 km2 (146.35 sq mi)
Elevation
3,890 m (12,760 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total7,651
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210807

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.98 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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