Huatasani District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru. [1]
Huatasani | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Puno |
Province | Huancané |
Founded | June 21, 1967 |
Capital | Huatasani |
Government | |
• Mayor | Miguel Condori Condori |
Area | |
• Total | 106.73 km2 (41.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,830 m (12,570 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,912 |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210603 |
Ethnic groups
editThe district straddles the Quechua and Aymara linguistic boundary with Aymara-speaking Huancane to the south and Quechua-speaking Putina to the north. Huatasani itself is predominantly Quechua speaking but contains both Quechua- and Aymara-speaking communities. Quechua is the language which 53.87% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 28.84% of the residents started speaking using Aymara and 17.20% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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)