Platería | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Puno |
Founded | April 25, 1964 |
Capital | Plateria |
Government | |
• Mayor | David Sosa Mamani |
Area | |
• Total | 240.63 km2 (92.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,830 m (12,570 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,835 |
• Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210112 |
Platería District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (79.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ 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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