Cabanilla District

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

Cabanilla
District
Main square in Cabanilla
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Lampa
Capital	Cabanilla
Government
• Mayor	Saturnino Calizaya Quisocala
Area
• Total	443.04 km^2 (171.06 sq mi)
Elevation	3,876 m (12,717 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,683
• Density	15/km^2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210702

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (61.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Q'atawini

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)