Quelloúno (hispanicized spelling from Quechua Q'illu Unu, q'illu meaning yellow and unu meaning water,[1] "yellow water") is one of ten districts of the La Convención Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.[2]
Quelloúno
Q'illu Unu | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | La Convención |
| Founded | October 1, 1986 |
| Capital | Quelloúno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cleto Edwin Cabrera Cortes |
| Area | |
• Total | 799.68 km2 (308.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,469 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 080906 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
References
edit- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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