Plateria District

Platería
District
Platería and Lake Titicaca
Platería and Lake Titicaca
Map
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
FoundedApril 25, 1964
CapitalPlateria
Government
 • MayorDavid Sosa Mamani
Area
 • Total
240.63 km2 (92.91 sq mi)
Elevation
3,830 m (12,570 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
8,835
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210112

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

  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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