Chucuito District Explained

Chucuito
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Puno
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Puno
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Chucuito
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Pedro Alfonso Teves Cruz
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:121.18
Elevation M:3871
Population Total:9366
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:210106
Website:munichucuito.gob.pe

Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

External links

-15.9013°N -69.897°W

Notes and References

  1. Municipalidad Distrital Chucuito, Municipalidad Distrital de Chucuito, Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe