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.
The province measures and is divided into seven districts:
District | Mayor | Capital | Ubigeo | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anapia | Jose Fabian Flores Velasco | Anapia | 211302 | |
Copani | Juan Nina Quispe | Copani | 211303 | |
Cuturapi | Humberto Mamani Huanchi | Cuturapi | 211304 | |
Ollaraya | Gregorio Oscco Chipana | Ollaraya | 211305 | |
Tinicachi | Alexander Bryan Uchasara Mamani | Tinicachi | 211306 | |
Unicachi | Elmer Ladislao Yapuchura Uchasara | Unicachi | 211307 | |
Yunguyo | Juan Huanca Coarita | Yunguyo | 211301 |
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]