Yanque District

Yanque
Church in Yanque
Church in Yanque
Interactive map of Yanque
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceCaylloma
CapitalYanque
Government
 • MayorApolinario Sarayasi Ynca
Area
 • Total
1,108.58 km2 (428.03 sq mi)
Elevation
3,417 m (11,211 ft)
Population
 • Total
2,479
 • Density2.236/km2 (5.792/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040519

Yanque District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma 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 (56.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.13% 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. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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