Pillpinto District
Appearance
(Redirected from Pillpintu District)
Pillpinto Pillpintu | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Cusco |
Province | Paruro |
Founded | December 11, 1963 |
Capital | Pillpinto |
Government | |
• Mayor | Juan Pablo Luza Sikuy |
Area | |
• Total | 79.13 km2 (30.55 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,853 m (9,360 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,285 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 081008 |
Pillpinto District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.02%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)