Moho Province Explained

Moho
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Puno
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Moho
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Randolfo Mamani Aracayo
Area Total Km2:1005.25
Elevation M:3841
Population Total:28149
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:2109

Moho Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1]

Political division

The province measures and is divided into four districts:

DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
ConimaAlejandro Apaza QuispeConima210902
HuayrapataJuan De Dios Cauna ChiaraHuayrapata210903
MohoRandolfo Mamani AracayoMoho210901
TilaliZenon Alan Cañazaca BlancoTilali210904

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (85.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.70% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.55% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved January 2, 2008
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe