Vilque Chico District

Vilque Chico
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceHuancané
CapitalVilque Chico
Government
 • MayorHilario Ramos Salluca
Area
 • Total
499.38 km2 (192.81 sq mi)
Elevation
3,825 m (12,549 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
9,750
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210608

Vilque Chico District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané 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 (92.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.20% 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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