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Nuñoa District

Coordinates: 14°28′48″S 70°38′28″W / 14.48000°S 70.64111°W / -14.48000; -70.64111
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Nuñoa
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceMelgar
CapitalNuñoa
Government
 • MayorAtilio Rodo Huaman Tapara
Area
 • Total2,200.16 km2 (849.49 sq mi)
Elevation
4,016 m (13,176 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total13,598
 • Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210806

Nuñoa District is one of nine districts of the Melgar Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.60%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.04 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  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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