Umachiri District

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

Umachiri
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceMelgar
CapitalUmachiri
Area
 • Total323.56 km2 (124.93 sq mi)
Elevation
3,904 m (12,808 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total4,592
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210809

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.55% 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 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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