Vilque Chico District

Vilque Chico
District
Interactive map of Vilque Chico
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
 • Density19.5/km2 (50.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210608

Vilque Chico District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.

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).

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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