Lloque District

Lloque
District
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Lloque District
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Country Peru
RegionMoquegua
ProvinceGeneral Sánchez Cerro
FoundedFebruary 2, 1956
CapitalLloque
Government
 • MayorMatias Edilberto Gutierrez Mamani
Area
 • Total
254.45 km2 (98.24 sq mi)
Elevation
3,256 m (10,682 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,206
 • Density4.740/km2 (12.28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO180206

Lloque District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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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