Puquina District

Puquina District is one of eleven districts of the General Sánchez Cerro Province in Peru.[1]

Puquina
Country Peru
RegionMoquegua
ProvinceGeneral Sánchez Cerro
CapitalPuquina
Government
  MayorMisael Guzman Ale
Area
  Total550.99 km2 (212.74 sq mi)
Elevation
3,084 m (10,118 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total3,213
  Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO180208

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Takuni at approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Chapiyuq
  • Ch'aska Urqu
  • Kimsa Puyku
  • Misani
  • Muntirayuq
  • Paqu Q'asa
  • Sasawani
  • Tarujani
  • Tintinniyuq
  • Warani
  • Wawayuq
  • Wayllarani
  • Wiskani
  • Yana Kiska
  • Yana Qaqa
gollark: That was never a command?
gollark: <@341618941317349376> ???
gollark: What's that do?
gollark: No, we must replace all our programming languages with D&D rulebooks.
gollark: As language-ist (this is totally a word) as it is, things would be *much easier* if we stuck to English and ASCII.

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.