Alto Inambari District

Alto Inambari
District
Location of Alto Inambari in the Sandia province
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceSandia
FoundedSeptember 13, 1994
CapitalMassiapo
Government
 • MayorJuan Lipa Calla
Area
 • Total
1,124.88 km2 (434.32 sq mi)
Elevation
1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
8,841
 • Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO211209

Alto Inambari District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

14°05′25″S 69°14′36″W / 14.0904°S 69.2432°W / -14.0904; -69.2432


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