Yunguyo Province Explained

Yunguyo
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Puno
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Yunguyo
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Juan Huanca Coarita
Area Total Km2:290.21
Elevation M:3826
Population Total:50672
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:2113

Yunguyo Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Yunguyo.

Political division

The province measures and is divided into seven districts:

DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
AnapiaJose Fabian Flores VelascoAnapia211302
CopaniJuan Nina QuispeCopani211303
CuturapiHumberto Mamani HuanchiCuturapi211304
OllarayaGregorio Oscco ChipanaOllaraya211305
TinicachiAlexander Bryan Uchasara MamaniTinicachi211306
UnicachiElmer Ladislao Yapuchura UchasaraUnicachi211307
YunguyoJuan Huanca CoaritaYunguyo211301

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (67.84%) learnt to speak in childhood, 31.34% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.56 % using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

External links

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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