Pucará District, Lampa Explained

Pucará
Native Name:Pukara
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Puno
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lampa
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Pucará
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Leonardo Arpi Inofuente
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:537.6
Elevation M:3860
Population Total:5306
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:210708

Pucará District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Qullqi at 4916m (16,129feet). Other mountains 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 (77.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.22% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

-15.0489°N -70.3786°W

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lampa Province, Puno Region
  3. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe