Vilque District

Vilque
Willk'i
District
Main square in Vilque
Main square in Vilque
Interactive map of Vilque
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
CapitalVilque
Government
 • MayorJuan Carlos Mendoza Castillo
Area
 • Total
193.29 km2 (74.63 sq mi)
Elevation
3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,947
 • Density15.25/km2 (39.49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210115

Vilque District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru. Vilque was the location of the major fair during the nineteenth century of goods from Bolivia and Argentina and especially for mules from Salta.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (75.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.12% 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. ↑ Clements R. Markham, Travels in Peru and India. London: John Murray, 1862, 284-285.
  3. ↑ 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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