Vilavila District

Vilavila (in Hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara wila red, blood-red,[1] the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[2]

Vilavila

Wila Wila
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceLampa
FoundedMay 2, 1854
CapitalVilavila
Government
  MayorJustiniano Romulo Ahumada Viveros
Area
  Total156.65 km2 (60.48 sq mi)
Elevation
4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total1,046
  Density6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210710

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pariwana at 5,022 m (16,476 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[3]

  • Achuqallani
  • Llanqirani
  • Pukarani
  • Salla Pata
  • Wallatani
  • Wisa Wisa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

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gollark: Write a bare metal fizzbuzz program in D.
gollark: Does it have a lambda calculus evaluator?

References

  1. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lampa Province, Puno Region
  4. 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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